Pro: Reducing salt intake at population level: Is it really a public health priority?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1392-1396

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; kidney disease; salt intake; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM RESTRICTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HYPERTENSION; OSMOREGULATION; SALT INTAKE;

SALT INTAKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OSMOREGULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84994895736     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfw279     Document Type: Article

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