Canadians continue to consume too much sodium and not enough potassium

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-168

  Tanase, Corina M ^a   Koski, Kristine G ^a   Laffey, Patrick J ^b   Cooper, Marcia J ^b   Cockell, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Food analysis; Nutritional requirements; Population groups; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960799851     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404887     Document Type: Article

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