Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and survival in a Greek population

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 2599-2608

  Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a   Costacou, Tina ^a   Bamia, Christina ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; GREECE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038310626     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa025039     Document Type: Article

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