Estrogens, salt, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease in women: How do we interpret the data?

Hypertension

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1049-1050

  Weinberger, Myron H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FUROSEMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN RELEASE; SALT INTAKE; SEX RATIO; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33744994563     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000218834.39209.45     Document Type: Note

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