The potentiality and practicality of a 'salt-free' diet for the prevention and amelioration of human disorders

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-51

  Leeming, R A ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STRESS;

EID: 0030029184     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90235-2     Document Type: Article

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