The nutritional health of New Zealand vegetarian and non-vegetarian Seventh-day Adventists: Selected vitamin, mineral and lipid levels

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1062, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Harman, Sarinah K ^a,b   Parnell, Winsome R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHRISTIANITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0032571042     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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