Blood pressure and risk of death from external causes among men screened for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-301

  Terry, Paul D ^a   Abramson, Jerome L ^a   Neaton, James D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Accidents; Epidemiologic studies; Hypertension; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; MENS HEALTH; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846593859     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk014     Document Type: Article

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