Long-term follow-up of blood pressure in family members of soldiers killed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-423

  Šantić, Žarko ^a   Lukić, Anita ^b   Sesar, Damir ^c   Miličević, Srećko ^c   Ilakovac, Vesna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Health Center iroki Brijeg   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOLDIER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; DEATH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 33745199640     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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