Twenty-four hour urinary nitrate excretion in 48 populations from 30 countries: An ECP-INTERSALT Collaborative Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Hill, M J ^a   Elliott, P ^b,f   Joossens, J V ^c   Packer, P J ^d   Kesteloot, H ^c   Nichols, R ^b   Leach, S ^d   Dyer, A ^e   Stamler, R ^e   Stamler, J ^e  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi centre study; Urinary nitrate excretion

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINA; COLOMBIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 8944250224     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.505     Document Type: Article

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