The association between physical activity and the development of acute coronary syndromes in treated and untreated hypertensive subjects

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Chrysohoou, Christine ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Kokkinos, Peter F ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037366219     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2003.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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