Flavonols, flavones, flavanones, and human health: Epidemiological evidence

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-290

  Graf, Brigitte A ^a   Milbury, Paul E ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiological evidence; Flavanones; Flavones; Flavonoids; Flavonols

Indexed keywords

FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLAVANONES; FLAVONES; FLAVONOLS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27144469821     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2005.8.281     Document Type: Short Survey

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