Cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment of arterial stiffening with age in European and Chinese populations

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wojciechowska, Wiktoria ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Stolarz Skrzypek, Katarzyna ^a   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^c,d   Wang, Ji Guang ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular disease; Central blood pressure; Epidemiology; Peripheral blood pressure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866354521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00209     Document Type: Review

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