Salt—overwhelming evidence but still no action: Can a consensus be reached with the food industry?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7041, 1996, Pages 1287-

  Macgregor, Graham A ^a   Sever, Peter S ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SODIUM INTAKE; TASTE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SODIUM, DIETARY; TASTE;

EID: 85007684290     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7041.1287     Document Type: Article

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