Defining hypertension: Never as simple as it seems

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 473-474

  Muldoon, Matthew F ^a,c   Rutan, Gale H ^b  

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

^b Medical Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037358011     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200303000-00005     Document Type: Short Survey

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