A focus on paediatric hypertension
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Invited editorial " The cardiovascular benefits of reduced salt intake are on par with the benefits of population-wide reductions in tobacco use, obesity, and cholesterol levels. A regulatory intervention designed to achieve a reduction in salt intake of 3 g per day (...) would be more cost-effective than using medications to lower blood pressure in all persons with hypertension. " Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo et al., 2010
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