Cardiovascular risks in a military health care beneficiary population with high blood pressure

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Duong, Diep N ^a   Smith, Kandy K ^b   Ross, M Candice ^b   Kim, Miyong T ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544368739     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.10.777     Document Type: Article

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