Hypertension Prevalence and Blood Pressure Levels in 6 European Countries, Canada, and the United States

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2363-2369

  Wolf Maier, Katharina ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Banegas, José R ^b   Giampaoli, Simona ^c   Hense, Hans Werner ^d   Joffres, Michel ^e   Kastarinen, Mika ^f   Poulter, Neil ^g   Primatesta, Paola ^h   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^b   Stegmayr, Birgitta ⁱ   Thamm, Michael ^j   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^k   Vanuzzo, Diego ^l   Vescio, Fenicia ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l Friuli Venezia Giulia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STROKE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038047699     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.18.2363     Document Type: Review

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