Blood pressure and risk of myocardial infarction in elderly men and women: The Rotterdam Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1373-1378

  Van den Hoogen, Peggy C W ^a,b   Van Popele, Nicole M ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Van der Kuip, Deirdre A M ^a   Grobbee, Diederik E ^c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Elderly; Myocardial infarction; Prospective study; Risk

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032708388     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917100-00003     Document Type: Article

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