Background to the INTERMAP study of nutrients and blood pressure

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 589-590

  Beevers, D G ^a   Stamler, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NUTRIENT; POPULATION GENETICS; POTASSIUM INTAKE; SALT INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0142031006     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001609     Document Type: Editorial

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