Blood pressure and survival in the very old

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 572-577

  Juva, Kati ^a   Rastas, Sari ^b,c   Pirttilä, Tuula ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Kauniala Disabled War Veterans' Hospital   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Older adults; Survival; Very old

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CANDESARTAN; PLACEBO;

AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURVE FITTING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 36049050690     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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