title: Salt and hypertension.
abstract: Current salt intake is too high. Current evidence documents that salt is crucial to the genesis of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division Nephrology, Nierenzentrum, Heidelberg, Germany. prof.e.ritz@t-online.de
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D012965:Sodium Chloride