An information, education and communication module to reduce dietary salt intake and blood pressure among tea garden workers of Assam

An information, education and communication module to reduce dietary salt intake and blood pressure among tea garden workers of Assam

Objective: High salt diet increases blood pressure. Tea garden workers (TGW) of Assam, India have high (60.8%) prevalence of hypertension (HTN), which may be due to consumption of extra salt (salt as side dish) and salted tea at work place and home. The present study evaluated an information, educat...

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Main Authors: Prasanta K. Borah, Hem C. Kalita, Suman K. Paine, Purnananda Khaund, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Dilip Hazarika, Meenakshi Sharma, Jagadish Mahanta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483217301098

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