Effect of reduced dietary sodium on blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1590-1597

  Midgley, Julian Paul ^a,b,c   Matthew, Andrew Glenday ^b   Greenwood, Celia Margaret T ^b   Logan, Alexander Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NATRIURESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029967184     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.20.1590     Document Type: Review

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