Some problems with Cochrane reviews of diet and chronic disease

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Truswell, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochrane reviews on nutrition; Coronary heart disease; Salt and blood pressure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIETARY FATS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REVIEW LITERATURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 23944445332     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602189     Document Type: Review

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