Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: Key confounder was missed

BMJ

Volumn 330, Issue 7503, 2005, Pages 1329-

  Vos, Eddie ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AGED; BLOOD; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20644438889     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1329-a     Document Type: Letter

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