The relation between diarrhoeal episodes in infancy and both blood pressure and sodium intake in later life: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 582-584

  Pearce, M S ^a   Relton, C L ^a   Unwin, N C ^a   Adamson, A J ^a   Smith, G Davey ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 48049123673     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.45     Document Type: Article

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