Profile of Hypertension in Elderly Subjects

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1047-1049

  Dwivedi, S ^a   Singh, G ^a   Agarwal, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034331121     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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