Fruit, vegetable, and antioxidant intake and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality in a community-dwelling population in Washington County, Maryland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1223-1233

  Genkinger, Jeanine M ^a   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a   Hoffman, Sandra C ^a   Comstock, George W ^a   Helzlsouer, Kathy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular diseases; Diet; Fruit; Mortality; Neoplasms; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTECTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON COUNTY [MARYLAND]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10344252804     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh339     Document Type: Article

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