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Dietary sodium intake in urban and rural Malawi, and directions for future interventions

BACKGROUND: High dietary sodium intake is a major risk factor for hypertension. Data on population sodium intake are scanty in sub-Saharan Africa, despite a high hypertension prevalence in most countries. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine daily sodium intake in urban and rural communities in Malawi....

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Autores principales: Prynn, Josephine E, Banda, Louis, Amberbir, Alemayehu, Price, Alison J, Kayuni, Ndoliwe, Jaffar, Shabbar, Crampin, Amelia C, Smeeth, Liam, Nyirenda, Moffat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29982267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy125