Comments on a meta-analysis of the relation between dietary calcium intake and blood pressure

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-233

  Birkett, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Calcium; Hypertension; Meta analysis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032147120     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009627     Document Type: Article

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