Electrolyte profiles in a hypertensive population: the Newfoundland Study

Fodor, J.G.; Rusted, I.E.

Clinical and Investigative Medicine. Medecine Clinique et Experimentale 10(6): 586-591

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0147-958X
PMID: 3326698
Document Number: 303721
Analysis of the electrolyte composition of the diets of 4 population samples in Newfoundland demonstrated: high sodium and low potassium, calcium, magnesium, and zinc contents. It is suggested that these nutritional factors could contribute to the high prevalence of hypertension in this Province.

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