Aging, Acculturation, Salt Intake, and Hypertension in the Kuna of Panama

Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Hollenberg, Norman K ^a   Martinez, Gregorio ^a   McCullough, Marji ^a   Meinking, Terri ^a   Passan, Diane ^a   Preston, Mack ^a   Rivera, Alicio ^a   Taplin, David ^a   Vicaria Clement, Maureen ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0031028505     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.29.1.171     Document Type: Article

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