Exercise and hypertension

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-102

  Kokkinos, Peter F ^a   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hypertension Research Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0034027278     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200003000-00002     Document Type: Review

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