Review articlecurrent salt reduction policies across gradients of inequality-adjusted human development in the WHO european region: Minding the gaps

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1894-1904

  Rodriguez Fernandez, Rodrigo ^a   Siopa, Margarida ^b   Simpson, Sarah J ^c   Amiya, Rachel M ^d   Breda, Joao ^e   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Food legislation; Health promotion; Nutrition policy; Social justice; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

SALT INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; SALT INTAKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCOME; NUTRITION POLICY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84903690862     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001300195X     Document Type: Review

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