What is the role of dietary sodium and potassium in hypertension and target organ injury?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-159

  He, Jiang ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cerebrovascular disorders; Coronary disease; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEGRO; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RACE; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SODIUM INTAKE; STROKE; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0033512401     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40497-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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