Dietary salt reduction and cardiovascular disease rates in India: a mathematical model.

Reducing salt intake has been proposed to prevent cardiovascular disease in India. We sought to determine whether salt reductions would be beneficial or feasible, given the worry that unrealistically large reductions would be required, worsening iodine deficiency and benefiting only urban subpopulat...

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Main Authors: Sanjay Basu, David Stuckler, Sukumar Vellakkal, Shah Ebrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3435319?pdf=render