An evaluation of the UK Food Standards Agency's salt campaign

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-250

  Shankar, Bhavani ^c   Brambila Macias, Jose ^a   Traill, Bruce ^a   Mazzocchi, Mario ^b   Capacci, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; diet and nutrition; pseudo panels; salt campaign; salt intake

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SEX RATIO; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIET; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; POTASSIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84872155112     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2772     Document Type: Article

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