Salt and health: A new paradigm or bad science

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-

  Fahimi, Saman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 83655211664     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.183     Document Type: Letter

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