Effects on blood pressure of drinking green and black tea

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-463

  Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a,b   Puddey, Ian B ^a   Burke, Valerie ^a   Beilin, Lawrence J ^a   Jordan, Nerissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Human; Intervention; Tea

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TEA;

EID: 0033057575     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917040-00002     Document Type: Article

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