Impact of exercise (walking) on blood pressure levels in African American adults with newly diagnosed hypertension

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 503-507

  Sohn, Augustine J ^a,c   Hasnain, Memoona ^a   Sinacore, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Hypertension; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING;

EID: 35349024963     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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