Effect of potassium supplementation on blood pressure in African Americans on a low-potassium diet: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Brancati, Frederick L ^a   Appel, Lawrence J ^a   Seidler, Alexander J ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KDUR 20; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030051009     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.61     Document Type: Article

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