Systematic review of studies comparing 24-hour and spot urine collections for estimating population salt intake Revisión sistemática de estudios comparativos entre recolección de muestras de orina de 24 horas y puntual para calcular el consumo de sal en la población
OBJECTIVE: To examine the usefulness of urine sodium (Na) excretion in spot or timed urine samples to estimate population dietary Na intake relative to the gold standard of 24-hour (h) urinary Na. METHODS: An electronic literature search was conducted of MEDLINE (from 1950) and EMBASE (from 1980) as...
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Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2012-10-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012001000010 |