Sex-specific associations of nutrition with hypertension and systolic blood pressure in alaska natives findings from the GOCADAN study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-265

  Jolly, Stacey E ^a   Eilat Adar, Sigal ^b,c   Wang, Hong ^c   Mete, Mihriye ^c   Fabsitz, Richard R ^d   Devereux, Richard B ^e   Ebbesson, Sven O E ^f   Umans, Jason G ^c,g   Howard, Barbara V ^c,g  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Norton Sound Health Corporation   (United States)

^g DC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Sex; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960010346     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v70i3.17828     Document Type: Article

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