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Sodium Homeostasis and Low Blood Pressure Populations

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Epidemiology of Arterial Blood Pressure

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 8))

Abstract

Salt (sodium chloride), in respect to its dietary role in present-day societies, has been considered a necessity for health and survival [1] or, alternatively, a major determining factor in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension [2, 3]. However, this latter view is not universally shared [4, 5]. A less-polarized view is the hypothesis that essential hypertension results from a disturbance in equilibrium of activity of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal cortex in association with an excessive sodium intake [6]. To date, the controversy continues [7].

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Oliver, W.J. (1980). Sodium Homeostasis and Low Blood Pressure Populations. In: Kesteloot, H., Joossens, J.V. (eds) Epidemiology of Arterial Blood Pressure. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8893-4_14

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