Salt content labelling of foods in supermarkets in Finland

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-453

  Närhinen, Maria ^a   Nissinen, Aulikki ^b   Penttilä, Pirjo Liisa ^c   Simonen, Olli ^d   Cernerud, Lars ^e   Puska, Pekka ^f  

^a Mikkeli Jt Munic Bd Pub Hlth   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c National Food Administration   (Finland)

^d Sosiaali ja terveysministerio   (Finland)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dietary salt; Food labelling; Sodium; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039392027     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5611     Document Type: Article

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