Dietary sodium intake and mortality: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I)
The LancetPublished 1 March 1998
M. H. Alderman, Hillel W. Cohen, Shantha Madhavan
Citations354
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The results do not support current recommendations for routine reduction of sodium consumption, nor do they justify advice to increase salt intake or to decrease its concentration in the diet.
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This observational study does not justify any particular dietary recommendation. Specifically, these results do not support current recommendations for routine reduction of sodium consumption, nor do they justify advice to increase salt intake or to decrease its concentration in the diet.
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