Hematocrit and mean arterial blood pressure in pre- and postmenopause women

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 483-488

  Salazar Vázquez, Beatriz Y ^a,b   Salazar Vázquez, Miguel A ^a,c   Intaglietta, Marcos ^b   De Faire, Ulf ^d   Fagrell, Bengt ^e   Cabrales, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood viscosity; Endothelial dysfunction; Hematocrit; Menopause

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SHEAR STRESS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MEXICO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SWEDEN;

EID: 70149121372     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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