Pre-hypertension as a predictor of hypertension in military aviators: A longitudinal study of 367 men

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1162-1165

  Grossman, Alon ^a   Grossman, Chagai ^a   Barenboim, Erez ^a   Azaria, Bella ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^a,b  

^a ISRAELI AIR FORCE   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Cardiovascular disease; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750467641     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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