Dr. O'Donnell and colleagues reply

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2137-2138

  O'Donnell, Martin ^a   Mente, Andrew ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW RISK POPULATION; LOW SODIUM INTAKE; MODERATE SODIUM INTAKE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; URINE;

POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM INTAKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84915748171     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1412113     Document Type: Letter

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