Seasonality of hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Al Tamer, Yassar Y ^a   Al Hayali, Jasim M T ^a   Al Ramadhan, Eman A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42049110814     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07416.x     Document Type: Article

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