Salt and blood pressure
M.R. Law
(Works at the Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, St Bartholomew′s Hospital Medical College, London, UK)
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Abstract
Shows how blood pressure increases with age in Western communities, where the amount of salt in the diet is relatively high. A reduction in salt consumption would lower blood pressure, which, in turn, would result in a substantial reduction in mortality due to stroke and to heart disease.
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Citation
Law, M.R. (1995), "Salt and blood pressure", British Food Journal, Vol. 97 No. 9, pp. 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709510100154
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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