Favourable long-term effects from advice on diet and exercise given to healthy men with raised cardiovascular risk factors

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-300

  Hellenius M L ^a   Krakau, I ^a   De Faire, U ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Diet; Exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001017820     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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