Pet ownership and blood pressure in old age

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Wright, Joel David ^a,b   Kritz Silverstein, Donna ^a   Morton, Deborah J ^a   Wingard, Deborah L ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SENESCENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547906081     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181271398     Document Type: Article

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