Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 7 , Pages 637-642 , July 1999

The Effects of Two Aerobic Training Intensities on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients: Results of a Randomized Trial

  • Wilson D. Moreira

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Flávio D. Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
    • Divisions of Cardiology, Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
    • The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Flávio Danni Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D., Unidade de Hipertensão Arterial, Sala 947, 9. andar, Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90.035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Jorge P. Ribeiro

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Cardiology, Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lawrence J. Appel

      Affiliations

    • The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA

,Accepted 8 March 1999.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 7 , Pages 637-642 , July 1999

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