Alcohol, fish, fibre and antioxidant vitamins intake do not explain population differences in coronary heart disease mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 753-759

  Kromhout, Daan ^a   Bloemberg, Bennie P M ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Hertog, Michael G L ^a   Menotti, Alessandro ^b   Blackburn, Henry ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Antioxidants; Coronary heart disease; Fibre; Fish; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029738769     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.753     Document Type: Article

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