Double-blind randomised trial of modest salt restriction in older people

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9081, 1997, Pages 850-854

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a   Markandu, Nirmala D ^a   Carney, Christine ^a   Sagnella, Giuseppe A ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STROKE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030869921     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)02264-2     Document Type: Article

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