What is protective in the Mediterranean diet? [1]

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Martínez González, Miguel Angel ^a   Alonso, Alvaro ^a   Fernández Jarne, Elena ^a   De Irala, Jokin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 0037298497     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00323-4     Document Type: Letter

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