Control of bias in dietary trial to prevent coronary recurrences: The Lyon diet heart study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-122

  De Lorgeril, M ^a,c   Salen, P ^a   Caillat Vallet, E ^b   Hanauer, M T ^b   Barthelemy, J C ^a   Mamelle, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Attending physician; Control of biases; Coronary heart disease; Dietary trial; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0031043688     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600374     Document Type: Article

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