Reducing sodium and increasing potassium intake: Yet more evidence of the safety and health benefits of these interventions should influence robust public health efforts

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7903, 2013, Pages

  Strazzullo, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; LIPID; RENIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM RESTRICTION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84876557369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2195     Document Type: Editorial

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