Nuts, hypertension and endothelial function

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Casas Agustench, P ^a,b   Lopez Uriarte P ^a,b   Ros, E ^b,c   Bullo M ^a,b   Salas Salvado J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endothelial function; Hypertension; Nuts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958004447     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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