Fruit and fish consumption: A possible explanation for population differences in COPD mortality (The Seven Countries Study)

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 819-825

  Tabak, Cora ^a,b,c   Feskens, E J M ^a   Heederik, D ^b   Kromhout, D ^a   Menotti, A ^d   Blackburn, H W ^d  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Diet; Ecological studies; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIET; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0031788684     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600653     Document Type: Article

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