Salt, obesity, and alcohol fail to induce a lasting rise of blood pressure with age, and may be independent of renocortical vasculopathy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 601-607

  Tracy, R E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; NEPHRON; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SALT INTAKE;

EID: 0032757790     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.10.601     Document Type: Note

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