Vegetable and fruit consumption associated with anthropometric, dietary and lifestyle factors in Spain

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-271

  Agudo, Antonio ^a   Pera, Guillem ^a  

^a IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Dietary fats; Fruit; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Smoking; Statistical models; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032879701     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s136898009900035x     Document Type: Article

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