Decreasing Dietary Sodium while Following a Self-Selected Potassium-Rich Diet Reduces Blood Pressure

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4118-4123

  Nowson, Caryl A ^a   Morgan, Trefor O ^b   Gibbons, Carl ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Diet; Home blood pressure; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM INTAKE;

EID: 0345168983     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4118     Document Type: Article

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