Intake of specific flavonoids and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Italy

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Spertini, Luana ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Parpinel, Maria ^b   Gnagnarella, Patrizia ^c   Bravi, Francesco ^a   Peterson, Julie ^d   Dwyer, Johanna ^e   Lagiou, Pagona ^f   Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,g  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diet; Flavonoids; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVAN 3 OL DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COFFEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33744929871     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006859     Document Type: Article

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