Blood pressure levels and measurement of subclinical vascular disease

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary calcium; Menopause; Pulse wave velocity; Women

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033253877     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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