Socioeconomic inequality in salt intake in Britain 10 years after a national salt reduction programme

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ji, Chen ^a   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938085628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005683     Document Type: Article

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