A life course approach to blood pressure

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Whincup, Peter H ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Heart disease; Middle age; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922962134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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