Dietary Salt Reduction and Cardiovascular Disease Rates in India: A Mathematical Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Basu, Sanjay ^a   Stuckler, David ^b,c   Vellakkal, Sukumar ^d   Ebrahim, Shah ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STROKE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84866094113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044037     Document Type: Article

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