Role of salt intake in prevention of cardiovascular disease: Controversies and challenges

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 371-377

  He, Feng J ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; LIPID; SODIUM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DASH DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; HEALTHY DIET; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP HYPERTENSION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 85046091468     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41569-018-0004-1     Document Type: Review

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