Cross-sectional study on blood pressure control in the department of nephrology of the escola paulista de medicina - UNIFESP

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-128

  De Freitas, João Batista ^a   Tavares, Agostinho ^a,b   Kohlmann Jr , Osvaldo ^a   Zanella, Maria Tereza ^a   Ribeiro, Artur Beltrame ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Nefrologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure control; Hypertension; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036688162     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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