Absence of association between hypertension and epistaxis: A population-based study

Blood Pressure

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-148

  Fuchs, Flávio Danni ^a   Moreira, Leila B ^a   Pires, Cristiane P ^a   Torres, Felipe S ^a   Furtado, Mariana V ^a   Moraes, Renan S ^a   Wiehe, Mário ^a   Fuchs, Sandra C ^b   Neto, José F Lubianca ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epistaxis; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0038038730     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050310001750     Document Type: Article

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