Sodium reduction-saving lives by putting choice into consumers' hands

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 579-580

  Frieden, Thomas R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; LIPID; SODIUM; SALT INTAKE;

BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN METABOLISM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; UNITED STATES; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALT INTAKE; STROKE;

ADULT; CHILD; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981278224     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.7992     Document Type: Note

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