Diet and 20-Year Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease: The Ireland–Boston Diet–Heart Study

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 312, Issue 13, 1985, Pages 811-818

  Kushi, Lawrence H ^a,b,c   Lew, Robert A ^a,b,c   Stare, Fredrick J ^a,b,c   Ellison, Curtis R ^a,b,c   el Lozy, Mohamed ^a,b,c   Bourke, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Daly, Leslie ^a,b,c   Graham, Ian ^a,b,c   Hickey, Noel ^a,b,c   Mulcahy, Risteard ^a,b,c   Kevaney, John ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0021932693     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198503283121302     Document Type: Article

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