Mediterranean diet, cocoa and cardiovascular disease: A sweeter life, a longer life, or both?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2231-2234

  Ferri, Claudio ^a,c   Grassi, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Med Int e San Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CYTOKINE; FLAVANOID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 1442299082     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200312000-00006     Document Type: Editorial

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