Nutritional effects on blood pressure

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-24

  Myers, Valerie H ^a   Champagne, Catherine M ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; DASH; Dietary components; Nutritional factors

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; FISH OIL; POTASSIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM INTAKE; SOYBEAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SODIUM, DIETARY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33846166060     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e328012d911     Document Type: Review

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