title: Salt and hypertension: revisited.
abstract: 1. There is only one known environmental factor that possibly could hold the key to much of the problem of 'essential' hypertension and this is salt. Without a high or moderately high salt intake, other environmental factors may be largely inoperative. The evidence, which still falls somewhat short of certainty, is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Medical Research Institute, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary