Salt: The dying echoes of the food industry

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 279-281

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a,b   Capewell, Simon ^c   He, Feng J ^d   MacGregor, Graham A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAT; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SOFT DRINK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84891590186     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt216     Document Type: Letter

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