Racial differences in minimum lower leg vascular resistance in normotensive young adults with positive and negative parental histories of hypertension

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-426

  Bond, Vernon ^a   Thompson, Gerald D ^a   Franks, B Don ^a   Tearney, Russell J ^b   Adams, R George ^b   Vaccaro, Paul ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

plethysmography; racial differences; vascular structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LOWER LEG; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 8044259619     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182679600300502     Document Type: Article

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