Race/ethnic and sex differentials in pulse pressure among US adults

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-606

  Rogers, Richard G ^a   Saint Onge, Jarron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulse pressure; Race ethnicity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PULSE PRESSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844505162     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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