The influence of a vegetarian diet on haemostatic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Africans

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-36

  Famodu, A A ^a   Osilesi, O ^b   Makinde, Y O ^d   Osonuga, O A ^c   Fakoya, T A ^b   Ogunyemi, E O ^b   Egbenehkhuere, I E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences   (Nigeria)

^c Obafemi Awolowo Coll Hlth Sci O   (Nigeria)

^d Adventist Seminary of West Africa   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African; CVD; Haemostasis; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033165943     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(99)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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