Estimating the potential health impact and costs of implementing a local policy for food procurement to reduce the consumption of sodium in the county of los angeles

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1501-1507

  Gase, Lauren N ^a   Kuo, Tony ^b   Dunet, Diane ^a   Schmidt, Steven M ^a   Simon, Paul A ^b   Fielding, Jonathan E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COST; ECONOMICS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOS ANGELES; NUTRITION POLICY; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 79960448818     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300138     Document Type: Article

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