The protective effect of habitual tea consumption on hypertension

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1534-1540

  Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Lu, Feng Hwa ^a   Wu, Jin Shang ^a   Wu, Chih Hsing ^a   Chang, Chih Jen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM INTAKE; TEA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; TAIWAN; TEA;

EID: 3242784737     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.14.1534     Document Type: Article

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