Relation of calcium, vitamin D, and dairy food intake to ischemic heart disease mortality among postmenopausal women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-161

  Bostick, Roberd M ^a,d   Kushi, Lawrence H ^b   Wu, Ying ^c   Meyer, Katie A ^b   Sellers, Thomas A ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium, dietary; Dairy products; Myocardial ischemia; Prospective studies; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAIRY PRODUCT; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0033555970     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009781     Document Type: Article

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