Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure

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Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  He, Feng J ^a   Li, Jiafu ^b   Macgregor, Graham A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; EPINEPHRINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID; RENIN; SODIUM;

AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT INTAKE; TIME; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886822707     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004937.pub2     Document Type: Review

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