Salt Intakes, Knowledge, and Behavior in Samoa: Monitoring Salt-Consumption Patterns Through the World Health Organization's Surveillance of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors (STEPS)

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 884-891

  Webster, Jacqui ^a   Su'a, Sarah Asi Faletoese ^b   Ieremia, Merina ^b   Bompoint, Severine ^a   Johnson, Claire ^a   Faeamani, Gavin ^c   Vaiaso, Miraneta ^b   Snowdon, Wendy ^d   Land, Mary Anne ^a   Trieu, Kathy ^a   Viali, Satu ^e   Moodie, Marj ^d   Bell, Colin ^d   Neal, Bruce ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Samoa)

^c Pacifika Futures   (New Zealand)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Medical Specialist Clinic and Ministry of Health   (Samoa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE; SAMOA; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84988474801     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12778     Document Type: Article

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