Ethnic differences in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in Birmingham, England: The Birmingham Factory Screening Project

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1347-1353

  Lane, Deirdre A ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   Beevers, D Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular mortality; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 21644457970     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000173516.60610.b5     Document Type: Article

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