Acute changes of blood pressure and heart rate induced by a strong earthquake

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1084-1085

  He, Sen ^a   Chen, Xiao Ping ^a   Li, Jiang Bo ^a   Lin, Jian Lan ^a   Luo, Xue Ju ^a   Luo, Xiao Jia ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute changes; Ambulatory blood pressure; Earthquake; Stress

Indexed keywords

PERINDOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951228585     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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