Too much salt and how we can get rid of it

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 454-460

  Ekmekcioglu, Cem ^a   Blasche, Gerhard ^a   Dorner, Thomas E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Cardiovascular diseases; Food; Food industry; Salt; Sodium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM INTAKE; SALT INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84893133136     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357413     Document Type: Review

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