Policy options to reduce population salt intake

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7820, 2011, Pages

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a   Capewell, Simon ^b   Lincoln, Paul ^c   McPherson, Klim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c National Heart Forum   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859007429     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4995     Document Type: Review

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