Response to “Article on Sodium Intake Should Include Ethnic Disclaimer”

Response to "Article on sodium intake should include ethnic disclaimer".

To the Editor: In the letter “Article on Sodium Intake Should Include Ethnic Disclaimer,” Professor Hilliard states that “healthy blacks who consume more than 1,500 mg of sodium per day are at risk for hypertension and chronic kidney disease” and that “accumulation of irrefutable medical data on the subject” shows that “American blacks are 4 times more likely than whites to die of kidney failur...

Response to letter regarding article, "reducing sodium intake to prevent stroke: time for action, not hesitation".

CURRICULUM MAPPING (RESPONSE TO CRITICS ON ARTICLE)

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Influence of Sodium Intake on Exchangeable Sodium

Several methods for determining exchangeable sodium in human subjects by using the gammaray emitter Na22 (half-life 2.6 years) in conjunction with measurements of body radioactivity have previously been described (1-3). With these methods, it is possible to make repeated exchangeable sodium determinations over a period of several weeks or months after giving a single tracer dose of the radioiso...

curriculum mapping (response to critics on article)

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