Mortality in vegetarians and non-vegetarians: A collaborative analysis of 8300 deaths among 76,000 men and women in five prospective studies

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Key, Timothy J ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^b   Thorogood, Margaret ^c   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Reeves, Gillian ^a   Burr, Michael L ^d   Chang Claude, Jenny ^e   Frentzel Beyme, Rainer ^f   Kuzma, Jan W ^b   Mann, Jim ^g   McPherson, Klim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f Bremer Inst fur P   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Ischaemic heart disease; Mortality; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032009719     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/phn19980006     Document Type: Article

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