An ethnographic study of salt use and humoral concepts in a Latino farm worker community in California’s Central Valley
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-017-0140-4
Abstract: BackgroundThis article reports on the use of domestic or table salt for its perceived health effects and healing properties in a Latino farmworker community. It explores how contemporary salt usage beliefs can be seen to… read more here.
Keywords: salt; central valley; community; california central ... See more keywords
Salt Use Behaviours of Ghanaians and South Africans: A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
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DOI: 10.3390/nu9090939
Abstract: Salt consumption is high in Africa and the continent also shares the greatest burden of hypertension. This study examines salt-related knowledge, attitude and self-reported behaviours (KAB) amongst adults from two African countries—Ghana and South Africa—which… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; knowledge; study; south africans ... See more keywords