Prospective study of nutritional factors, blood pressure, and hypertension among US women

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1065-1072

  Ascherio, Alberto ^b   Hennekens, Charles ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Sacks, Frank ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Manson, Joann ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline ^c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

calcium; epidemiology; fiber; magnesium; nutrition; potassium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029985261     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.5.1065     Document Type: Article

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