Dietary salt restriction: Benefits for cardiovascular disease and beyond

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-482

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CATARACT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NATRIURESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STOMACH CANCER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0030967706     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199709000-00012     Document Type: Review

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