School based education programme to reduce salt intake in children and their families (School-EduSalt): cluster randomised controlled trial
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School based education programme to reduce salt intake in children and their families (School-EduSalt): cluster randomised controlled trial
OBJECTIVE To determine whether an education programme targeted at schoolchildren could lower salt intake in children and their families. DESIGN Cluster randomised controlled trial, with schools randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. SETTING 28 primary schools in urban Changzhi, northern China. PARTICIPANTS 279 children in grade 5 of primary school, with mean age of...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h770