Vitamin E can reduce blood pressure in mild hypertensives

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Boshtam, Maryam ^a   Rafiei, Morteza ^a   Sadeghi, Kamran ^a   Sarraf Zadegan, Nizal ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diastolic blood pressure; Heart rate; Iran; Mild hypertension; Systolic blood pressure; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036807479     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.72.5.309     Document Type: Article

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