Relationship between alcohol consumption and control of hypertension among elderly greeks. The Nemea primary care study

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  Skliros, Efstathios A ^a   Papadodima, Stavroula A ^b   Sotiropoulos, Alexios ^a   Xipnitos, Christos ^a   Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Spiliopoulou, Chara A ^b  

^a Nemea Medical Centre   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Ethanol; Greece; Old age

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 84856251160     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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