A comprehensive review on salt and health and current experience of worldwide salt reduction programmes

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 771-772

  Polonia, J ^a,b   Martins, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Society of Hypertension   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FOOD HABITS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; PORTUGAL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70350335343     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.64     Document Type: Letter

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