Trends in blood pressure and urinary sodium and potassium excretion in Japan: Reinvestigation in the 8th year after the Intersalt Study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Morikawa, Y ^b   Okayama, A ^b   Fujita, Y ^b   Yoshida, Y ^b   Mikawa, K ^b   Sakata, K ^b   Ishizaki, M ^b   Miura, K ^b   Naruse, Y ^b   Kagamimori, S ^b   Hashimoto, T ^b   Ueshima, H ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cross sectional study; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032733666     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000915     Document Type: Article

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