Salt content labelling of foods in supermarkets in Finland

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  • Maria Närhinen
  • Aulikki Nissinen
  • Olli Simonen
  • Pekka Puska
چکیده

Maria Närhinen Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Finland. Current address: Mikkeli Joint Municipal Board for Public Health, PO Box 167, FIN-50101 Mikkeli, Finland, e-mail: NARHIMA%[email protected] Aulikki Nissinen Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland Pirjo-Liisa Penttilä National Food Administration, PO Box 5, FIN-00531 Helsinki, Finland Olli Simonen Department for Prevention and Promotion, The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, PO Box 197, FIN-00531 Helsinki, Finland Lars Cernerud University College of Health Sciences, PO Box 1038, S-55111 Jönköping, Sweden Pekka Puska Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland

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تاریخ انتشار 1999