Epidemiology of elevated blood pressure in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1370-1372

  Adhikari, Srikar ^a   Mathiasen, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84911006914     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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