Altered blood pressure course during normal pregnancy and increased preeclampsia at high altitude (3100 meters) in Colorado

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1161-1168

  Palmer, Susan K ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^b   Young, David A ^b   Cregger, Betsy ^b   Berman, Jonathan C ^b   Zamudio, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Altitude; Change point regression; Epidemiology; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033032309     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70611-3     Document Type: Article

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