A prospective study of nutritional factors and hypertension among US men

Circulation

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1475-1484

  Ascherio, Alberto ^a,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Sacks, Frank ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diet; Dietary fiber; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026480010     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.86.5.1475     Document Type: Article

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