The Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular epidemiology

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 10 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a   Corella, Dolores ^b   Martínez González, Miguel A ^c   Soriguer, Federico ^d   Ordovas, Jose M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Mediterranean diet; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART INFARCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 33750218157     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.oct.S13-S19     Document Type: Review

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