Salt: A review of its role in food science and public health

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-297

  Durack, Edel ^a   Alonso Gomez, Mercedes ^a   Wilkinson, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BACTERIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 68549110581     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340108786263702     Document Type: Review

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