Blood pressure in hemodialysis patients after Great East Japan earthquake in Fukushima: The effect of tsunami and nuclear power accident

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1724-1726

  Haga, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Hata, Junya ^a,c   Ishibashi, Kei ^a   Nomiya, Masanori ^a   Takahashi, Norio ^a   Kojima, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soma Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hanawa Welfare Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84880545742     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328362dd5c     Document Type: Letter

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