Seasonal Variation in Hypertensive Emergency Hospitalization

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 269-270

  Deshmukh, Abhishek ^a   Pant, Sadip ^a   Kumar, Gagan ^b   Murugiah, Karthik ^b   Mehta, Jawahar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; LETTER; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SEASONS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859435561     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00597.x     Document Type: Letter

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