Sex Differences in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 509-514

  Ben Dov, Iddo Z ^a   Mekler, Judith ^a   Bursztyn, Michael ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Referral; Sex differences; White coat effect; White coat hypertension; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 43749115375     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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