Preventing heart disease by controlling hypertension: Impact of hypertensive subtype, stage, age, and sex

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 888-895

  Wong, Nathan D ^a   Thakral, Gaurav ^a   Franklin, Stanley S ^a   L'Italien, Gil J ^b   Jacobs, Milagros J ^a   Whyte, Joanna L ^b   Lapuerta, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0038403929     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(02)94787-3     Document Type: Article

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