What should we eat? Evidence from observational studies

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 744-748

  Adams, Stephen M ^a,b   Standridge, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Food; Healthy diet; Lifestyle; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CALORIC RESTRICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EATING HABIT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FISH; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; VEGETABLE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 33745946316     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000220887.52952.f0     Document Type: Review

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