Is intake of breakfast cereals related to total and cause-specific mortality in men?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 594-599

  Liu, Simin ^a,b,c   Sesso, Howard D ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Buring, Julie E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Men; Mortality; Physicians' Health Study; Prospective study; Refined grain cereals; Whole grain cereals

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037369635     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.3.594     Document Type: Article

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