GenSalt: Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of study participants

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 639-646

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Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PARENT; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPOUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 34547394342     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002207     Document Type: Article

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