New insights into the effects on blood pressure of diets low in salt and high in fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy products

Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 71-74

  Vollmer, William M ^a,d   Sacks, Frank M ^b   Svetkey, Laura P ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trial; Hypertension; Salt; Sodium

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW FAT DIET; NOTE; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0035006130     PISSN: 14686708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/CVM-2-2-071     Document Type: Note

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