Serial study on the association between body mass index and hypertension in rural Japanese

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 90-94

  Jiang, Jingmei ^a   Kitano, Takao ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^a   Wakamiya, Junji ^b   Futatsuka, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING;

EID: 0041592539     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02897921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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