Urinary electrolyte excretion in 24 hours and blood pressure in the intersalt study: I. Estimates of reliability

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 927-939

  Dyer, Alan R ^a   Shipley, Martin ^b   Elliott, Paul ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Calcium; Magnessium; Potassium; Regression analysis; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028355183     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117099     Document Type: Article

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