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Affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.; Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.; Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.; Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Authors
Rebholz Casey M, Surapaneni Aditya, Levey Andrew S, Sarnak Mark J, Inker Lesley A, Appel Lawrence J, Coresh Josef, Grams Morgan E
Studies
Abstract
Dietary acid load is a clinically important aspect of the diet that reflects the balance between acid-producing foods, for example, meat and cheese, and base-producing foods, for example, fruits and vegetables.