Commentary: The salt wars described but not explained—an invited commentary on ‘Why do we think we know what we know? A metaknowledge analysis of the salt controversy’ | Zendy

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Commentary: The salt wars described but not explained—an invited commentary on ‘Why do we think we know what we know? A metaknowledge analysis of the salt controversy’

Author(s) -

Bruce Neal

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw005

Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , sodium , blood pressure , high sodium , endocrinology , chemistry , pathology , organic chemistry

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