Multiple blood pressure medications and mortality among elderly individuals

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1362-1363

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD PRESSURE; MORTALITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 84927537771     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8012     Document Type: Review

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