Birth cohort evidence of population influences on blood pressure in the United States, 1887-1994

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-279

  Goff Jr , David C ^a   Howard, George ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cohort effect; Hypertension; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035070881     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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