Seasonal variation in gestational blood pressure

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-283

  Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Daftary, Ashi ^b,c   Markovic, Nina ^a,b   Schatzman, Cindy L ^b   Roberts, James M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Obesity; Pregnancy; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33750444594     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950600913057     Document Type: Article

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