Salt toxicity (sodium intake): A serious threat to infants and children of Pakistan

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1204-1211

  Waseem, Amir ^a   Nafees, Muhammad ^b   Murtaza, Ghulam ^c   Sajjad, Ashif ^d   Mehmood, Zahid ^d   Siddiqi, Abdul Rauf ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Hypertension; Infant milk formula; Na K ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911491726     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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