Dietary Sodium and Blood Pressure-Reply

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 276, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 1469-1470

  Logan, Alexander G ^a   Greenwood, Celia M T ^a   Matthew, Andrew G ^a   Midgley, Julian P ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

EID: 0030582549     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1996.03540180025017     Document Type: Letter

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