Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 488-494 , May 2001

Intra-individual postural blood pressure variability and stroke in elderly nursing home residents

  • Monir Hossain

      Affiliations

    • West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research & Information Center, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA
    • ,
  • Wee Lock Ooi

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Health Care Consult & Analysis, 8 Deforest Road, Newton, MA 02462.(W.L. Ooi)
    • ,
  • Lewis A Lipsitz

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    • Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Received 30 August 1999 ,Revised 5 July 2000 ,Accepted 21 August 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 488-494 , May 2001

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