Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9213, 2000, Pages 1430-1431

  McCarron, Peter ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Okasha, Mona ^a   McEwen, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034701564     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02146-2     Document Type: Article

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