Blood pressure measures and risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in men

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 820-823

  Bowman, T S ^a,c,e   Gaziano, J M ^a,c   Kase, C S ^b   Sesso, H D ^a,c,d   Kurth, T ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGIC STROKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK;

EID: 33748698275     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233981.26176.e1     Document Type: Article

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