In Reply to Gaps in the Evidence for Screening Children for Hypertension to Prevent Adult Cardiovascular Disease

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-

  Samuels, Joshua A ^a   Bell, Cynthia ^a   Flynn, Joseph T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULTHOOD; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84892370505     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12234     Document Type: Letter

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