Global burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke: Hypertension at the core

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 569-571

  Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Weber, Michael A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84928829647     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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