Blood pressure in young adulthood and later disability pension. A population-based study on 86 672 men from Sweden

Blood Pressure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Kark, Malin ^a,b   Karnehed, Nina ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Cohort study; Disability pension; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 36849008333     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050701538113     Document Type: Article

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