Long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt

BMJ

Volumn 326, Issue 7382, 2003, Pages 222-

  Macgregor, Graham A ^a   He, Feng J ^a   Perry, Ivan J ^b   Law, M R ^c   Wald, N J ^d   Hooper, Lee ^e   Bartlett, Christopher ^e   Smith, George Davey ^f   Ebrahim, Shah ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STROKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0037464745     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.222/a     Document Type: Article

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