Association between blood pressure level and the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and total mortality: The cardiovascular health study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1183-1192

  Psaty, Bruce M ^a   Furberg, Curt D ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Savage, Peter J ^e   Levine, David ^f   O'Leary, Daniel H ^g   Bryan, R Nick ^h   Anderson, Melissa ⁱ   Lumley, Thomas ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034916227     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.9.1183     Document Type: Article

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