Is salt substitution ready for prime time?

Bruce Neal^{1

2}, Matti Marklund^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. bneal@georgeinstitute.org.au.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK. bneal@georgeinstitute.org.au.
³ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. mmarklund@georgeinstitute.org.au.
⁴ The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. mmarklund@georgeinstitute.org.au.

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Bruce Neal et al. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;17(6):325-326.

doi: 10.1038/s41569-020-0365-0.

Bruce Neal^{1

2}, Matti Marklund^{3

4}

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. bneal@georgeinstitute.org.au.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK. bneal@georgeinstitute.org.au.
³ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. mmarklund@georgeinstitute.org.au.
⁴ The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. mmarklund@georgeinstitute.org.au.

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Effect of salt substitution on community-wide blood pressure and hypertension incidence.
Bernabe-Ortiz A, Sal Y Rosas VG, Ponce-Lucero V, Cárdenas MK, Carrillo-Larco RM, Diez-Canseco F, Pesantes MA, Sacksteder KA, Gilman RH, Miranda JJ. Bernabe-Ortiz A, et al. Nat Med. 2020 Mar;26(3):374-378. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0754-2. Epub 2020 Feb 17. Nat Med. 2020. PMID: 32066973 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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