Blood pressure and cognitive functioning among independent elderly

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 818-826

  Paran, Esther ^a   Anson, Ofra ^b   Reuveni, Haim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognitive functioning; Elderly; Hypertension; Normotension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0141451796     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(03)01005-7     Document Type: Article

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