Treatment of hypertension with ascorbic acid

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9195, 1999, Pages 2048-2049

  Duffy, Stephen J ^a   Gokce, Noyan ^a   Holbrook, Monika ^a   Huang, Annong ^a   Frei, Balz ^b   Keaney Jr , John F ^a   Vita, Joseph A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033547645     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04410-4     Document Type: Article

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