Relation of low body mass to death and stroke in the systolic hypertension in the elderly program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 494-500

  Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ⁱ   Fann, Cathy ^j   Allman, Richard M ^a   Black, Henry R ^b   Camel, Greta H ^d   Davis, Barry ^e   Masaki, Kamal ^f   Pressel, Sarah ^e   Prineas, Ronald J ^h   Stamler, Jeremiah ^c   Vogt, Thomas M ^g  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CHLORTALIDONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0342545887     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.4.494     Document Type: Article

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