Dietary iron and coronary heart disease risk: A study from Greece

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-166

  Tzonou, A ^a   Lagiou, P ^b   Trichopoulou, A ^b   Tsoutsos, V ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Coronary disease; Diet; Iron; Life style

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032518716     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009429     Document Type: Article

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