Hypertension in a population of active duty service members

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Smoley, Brian A ^a   Smith, Nicholas L ^b,c   Runkle, Guy P ^d  

^a Naval Hospital Bremerton   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d Ramsey Fam Comm Med Resid Prog   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749171218     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.070182     Document Type: Article

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