Overview of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption for the dietetics professional: Selected literature

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1511-1521

  Van Duyn, Mary Ann S ^a   Pivonka, Elizabeth ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Produce for Better Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIET; DIETETICS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EDUCATION; FRUIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET; DIETARY SERVICES; DIETETICS; DIVERTICULUM; FRUIT; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0034573626     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00420-X     Document Type: Article

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