Hypertension and blood pressure among meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans in EPIC-Oxford

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 645-654

  Appleby, Paul N ^a   Davey, Gwyneth K ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diastolic blood pressure; Diet; Hypertension; Systolic blood pressure; Vegan; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0036790951     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002332     Document Type: Article

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