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Review
. 1996 Mar;5(2):166-9.
doi: 10.1097/00041552-199603000-00012.

Dietary salt and hypertension

D C Hatton  1 , D A McCarron
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Review

Dietary salt and hypertension

D C Hatton et al. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 1996 Mar.

Abstract

Sodium restriction is the most commonly used lifestyle modification for control of hypertension. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on the relative importance of salt in the development of hypertension, nor is the physiological mechanism(s) responsible for salt-induced elevations of blood pressure clearly understood. This review focuses on new research developments in this area.

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