Sodium content of lunchtime fast food purchases at major US chains

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 732-734

  Johnson, Christine M ^a   Angell, Sonia Y ^a   Lederer, Ashley ^a   Dumanovsky, Tamara ^a   Huang, Christina ^a   Bassett, Mary T ^a   Silver, Lynn D ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FAST FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM, DIETARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951662349     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.72     Document Type: Article

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