The relation between pulse pressure and cardiovascular mortality in 12 763 middle-aged men from various parts of the world: A 25-year follow-up of the seven countries study (Retraction in: Archives of Internal Medicine (2006) 166:16 (1787))

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2142-2147

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,j   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Menotti, Alessandro ^c   Chrysohoou, Christina ^d   Dontas, Anastasios ^d   Pitsavos, Christos ^e   Adachi, Hisashi ^f   Blackburn, Henry ^g   Nedeljkovic, Srecko ^h   Nissinen, Aulikki ⁱ  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Association for Cardiac Research   (Serbia)

^d Center of Studies of Age Related Changes in Man   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

ⁱ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j NONE   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 26444493576     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.18.2142     Document Type: Article

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