Intersalt revisited: Further analyses of 24 hour sodium excretion and blood pressure within and across populations

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7041, 1996, Pages 1249-1253

  Elliott, Paul ^a   Stamler, Jeremiah ^b   Nichols, Rob ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^b   Stamler, Rose ^b   Kesteloot, Hugo ^c   Marmot, Michael ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029873197     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7041.1249     Document Type: Article

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