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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2407-2408

  Cogswell, Mary E ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 85003810993     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1612304     Document Type: Letter

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