By the Sweat of Our Brows: How Salty Should a Person Be?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-736

  O'Sullivan, Brian P ^a   Zwerdling, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HETEROZYGOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SWEAT TEST;

AGING; CHLORIDES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEAT;

EID: 56249087937     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.09.010     Document Type: Editorial

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