Pre-hypertension is a common phenomenon: National database study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-11

  Kitai, Eliezer ^a,b   Vinker, Shlomo ^b,d   Halperin, Lea ^a   Meidan, Avraham ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^b,c  

^a Leumit Health Care System   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Pre hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846463808     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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