Quality of life and self-rated health in relation to changes in fruit and vegetable intake and in plasma vitamins C and E in a randomised trial of behavioural and nutritional education counselling

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Perkins Porras, Linda ^a   Hilton, Sean ^b   Rink, Elizabeth ^b   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BETA CAROTENE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 3142592509     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041177     Document Type: Article

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