Food intake patterns and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: Cross-cultural correlations in the Seven Countries Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 507-515

  Menotti, Alessandro ^a,f   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Blackburn, Henry ^a   Fidanza, Flaminio ^c   Buzina, Ratko ^d   Nissinen, Aulikki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f c/o Cardioricerca ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Diet; Food groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOOD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032812996     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007529206050     Document Type: Article

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