Five-year blood pressure trends and regression-to-the-mean in an industrial population

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 53, Issue AUG, 2005, Pages 693-696

  Tongia, R ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Agarwal, Malvika ^b   Gupta, V P ^c  

^a Rishee Medical Centre   (India)

^b Dr KD Gupta Memorial Centre   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 24644487791     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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