A cost effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in four Eastern Mediterranean countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mason, Helen ^a   Shoaibi, Azza ^b   Ghandour, Rula ^b   O'Flaherty, Martin ^c   Capewell, Simon ^c   Khatib, Rana ^b   Jabr, Samer ^d   Unal, Belgin ^e,o   Sözmen, Kaan ^f,n   Arfa, Chokri ^g,h   Aissi, Wafa ^h   Ben Romdhane, Habiba ^h   Fouad, Fouad ⁱ   Al Ali, Radwan ⁱ   Husseini, Abdullatif ^b,j   Critchley, Julia ^k   Ahmad, Balsam ^k   Phillimore, Peter ^k   Zaman, Shahaduz ^k   Dherani, Mukesh ^c   Vartjes, Illonca ^c,l   Bennett, Kathleen ^m   Altun, Deniz ⁿ   Arik, Hale ⁿ   Aslan, Özgür ⁿ   Demiral, Yücel ⁿ   Doganay, Sinem ⁿ   Ergör, Gül ⁿ   Gerçeklioǧlu, Gül ⁿ   Kilic, Bülent ⁿ   Saatli, Gül ⁿ   Şimşek, Hatice ⁿ   Satman, Ilhan ^p   Göǧen, Sibel ^q   Kalaca, Sibel ^r   Elias, Madonna ⁱ   Rastam, Samer ⁱ   Soulaiman, Nesrien ⁱ   Moukeh, Ghmaez ⁱ   Maziak, Wasim ^i,s   Abou Mayaleh, Maher ^t   Abu Rmeileh, Niveen ^b   Jaber, Samer ^b   Khatib, Rasha ^b   Mikki, Nahed ^b   Abu Kteish, Heidar ^u   Allani, Riadh ^h   Beltaifa, Latifa ^h   Ben Mansour, Nadia ^h   Lassoued, Olfa ^h   Saidi, Olfa ^h   Tlili, Faten ^h   Achour, Nourredine ^v   Ben Salah, Nabil ^w   Collins, Marissa ^a   Roglic, Gojka ^x   Fadhil, Ibtihal ^y   Unwin, Nigel ^z   more..

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health Palestine   (Palestine)

^e Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology (IMST)   (Turkey)

^f Izmir Provincial Health Directorate   (Turkey)

^g University of Carthage Tunis   (Tunisia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

ⁱ SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^j QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁿ Kaan Sözmen Narlidere Community Health Center   (Turkey)

^o DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q Turkish Ministry of Health   (Turkey)

^r MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t Aga Khan Foundation   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^u Palestinian Medical Relief Society   (Palestine)

^v INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Tunisia)

^w Ministry of Health   (Tunisia)

^x WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^y WHO/EMRO   (Egypt)

^z UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PALESTINE; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SYRIA; TUNISIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84896914683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084445     Document Type: Article

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