Evaluating the potential health gain of the World Health Organization's recommendation concerning vegetable and fruit consumption

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 765-772

  Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a   Volatier, Jean Luc ^b   Becker, Wulf ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Fruit; Prevention; Public health; Recommendation; Statistics; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIET SURVEYS; FRANCE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0347380134     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003500     Document Type: Article

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