Whole-grain consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: Results from the Nurses' Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-419

  Liu, Simin ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^b   Hu, Frank B ^b   Giovannucci, Edward ^b   Rimm, Eric ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Diet; Food frequency questionnaire; Myocardial infarction; Nurses' Health Study; Refined grain; Risk factors; Smoking; Whole grain; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; GRAIN; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MODEL; RISK;

EID: 0032865099     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.3.412     Document Type: Article

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