Dietary habits and mortality in 11 000 vegetarians and health conscious people: Results of a 17 year follow up

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7060, 1996, Pages 775-779

  Key, Timothy J A ^a   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^b   Burr, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAN; BREAD; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0029661916     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7060.775     Document Type: Article

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