Fruit and vegetables and ischaemic heart disease: Systematic review or misleading meta-analysis?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 900-902

  Ness, Andrew ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a   Powles, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; VEGETABLE;

DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0345504177     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600856     Document Type: Letter

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