Science trumps politics: Urinary sodium data challenge US dietary sodium guideline

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1005-1006

  McCarron, David A ^a   Drüeke, Tilman B ^b   Stricker, Edward M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; SODIUM;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SCIENCE; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VASOCONSTRICTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NOTE; STANDARD; URINE;

HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149240959     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.002709     Document Type: Editorial

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