Role of sodium reduction in the treatment and prevention of hypertension

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-207

  He, Jiang ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATION; SODIUM;

EID: 0030902919     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199703000-00018     Document Type: Article

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