Flavonoid intake and coronary mortality in Finland: A cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7029, 1996, Pages 478-481

  Knekt, Paul ^a   Järvinen, Ritva ^b   Reunanen, Antti ^a   Maatela, Jouni ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FLAVONOID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0030068760     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7029.478     Document Type: Article

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