Salt, science and politics

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Perry, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY FIBER; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE; SALT LOADING; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STROKE; VEGETABLE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCIENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0037258749     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001500     Document Type: Note

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