Arteriosclerosis: Inevitable or self-inflicted?

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-5

  Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEGRO; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 84865833424     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.193029     Document Type: Review

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