Salt intake, blood pressure and clinical outcomes

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-314

  Cook, Nancy R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SALT INTAKE; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION POLICY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149090443     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f4b720     Document Type: Review

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