The long-term prognostic significance of repeated blood pressure measurements in the elderly: SPAA (studio sulla pressione arteriosa nell'anziano) 10-year follow-up

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1205-1212

  Alli, Claudio ^a   Avanzini, Fausto ^a   Bettelli, Giuseppe ^a   Colombo, Fabio ^a   Torri, Valter ^a   Tognoni, Gianni ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0033553853     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.11.1205     Document Type: Article

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