Vegetable consumption and risk of chronic disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-210

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Decarli, Adriano ^b   Pagano, Romano ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Disease prevalence; Health surveys; Risk factors; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0031945447     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199803000-00019     Document Type: Article

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