Should individuals be informed about their salt sensitivity status? First indications of the value of testing for genetic predisposition to low-risk conditions

Genetic Testing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Smerecnik, Chris M R ^a   Mesters, Ilse ^a   Van Keulen, Hilde ^a   Scheffers, Ingrid ^b   Beeks, Esther ^b   De Leeuw, Peter W ^b   De Vries, Nanne K ^a   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 35348969305     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0008     Document Type: Article

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