Risk assessment and treatment benefit in intensively treated hypertensive patients of the hypertension optimal treatment (HOT) study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 819-825

  Zanchetti, Alberto ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hansson, Lennart ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ménard, Joël ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Leonetti, Gastone ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rahn, Karl Heinz ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Warnold, Ingrid ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wedel, Hans ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Risk factors; Trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035075638     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200104000-00020     Document Type: Article

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