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The relation between diarrhoeal episodes in infancy and both blood pressure and sodium intake in later life: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study

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  1. Institute of Health and Society and School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    M S Pearce, C L Relton, N C Unwin & A J Adamson

  2. Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. E-mail: m.s.pearce@ncl.ac.uk,

    G Davey Smith

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Pearce, M., Relton, C., Unwin, N. et al. The relation between diarrhoeal episodes in infancy and both blood pressure and sodium intake in later life: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. J Hum Hypertens 22, 582–584 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2008.45

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