Salt and hypertension: revisited.
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.
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Wellcome Medical Research Institute, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012982:Sodium, Dietary