Salt and cardiovascular disease

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7599, 2007, Pages 859-860

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; FOOD ADDITIVE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALT INTAKE; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD HANDLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 34247848006     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj39175.364954.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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