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. 2022 Mar 14;194(10):E387-E388.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211787.

Dietary sodium reduction in Canada: more action is needed to reach the 2025 global targets

JoAnne Arcand  1 , Norm R C Campbell  2
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Dietary sodium reduction in Canada: more action is needed to reach the 2025 global targets

JoAnne Arcand et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Norm Campbell reports personal fees from Resolve to Save Lives, the Pan American Health Organization and the World Bank, outside the submitted work; is an unpaid member of World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health and an unpaid consultant on dietary sodium and hypertension control to numerous governmental and nongovernmental organizations. He chaired the International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt, and is an advisor to the board of the World Hypertension League. No other competing interests were declared.

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