Hypertension: Salt: Flawed research should not divert actions to reduce intake

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 514-515

  He, Feng J ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENGLAND; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE; SALT LOADING; SHORT SURVEY; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84978159433     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2016.97     Document Type: Short Survey

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