Hypertension in populations of different ethnic origins

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9939, 2014, Pages 234-

  Dhillon, Ranu S ^a,b   Clair, Kiran ^c   Fraden, Max ^d   Abdalla, Marwah ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH ASIAN;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84904437891     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61211-3     Document Type: Letter

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