Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7457, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a   Shankar, Anoop ^b   Klein, Ronald ^b   Klein, Barbara E K ^b   Hubbard, Larry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENULE;

EID: 3142557899     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38124.682523.55     Document Type: Article

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