Prospective study of snoring and risk of hypertension in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 806-816

  Hu, Frank B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Ascherio, Alberto ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^b   Rosner, Bernard ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Snoring; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; SMOKING; SNORING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033570103     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010085     Document Type: Article

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