Framingham study insights on the hazards of elevated blood pressure

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2545-2547

  Kannel, William B ^a   Wolf, Phillip A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 57349131194     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.759     Document Type: Note

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