Impact of Excess Body Weight on Arterial Structure, Function, and Blood Pressure in Firefighters

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1441-1445

  Fahs, Christopher A ^a   Smith, Denise L ^b   Horn, Gavin P ^a   Agiovlasitis, Stamatis ^a   Rossow, Lindy M ^a   Echols, George ^a   Heffernan, Kevin S ^c   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIRES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 71749099637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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