Salt reduction in England from 2003 to 2011: Its relationship to blood pressure, stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  He, Feng J ^a   Pombo Rodrigues, Sonia ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; STROKE;

EID: 84899542645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004549     Document Type: Article

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