Nuts and coronary heart disease: An epidemiological perspective

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Kelly Jr , John H ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Causality; Cohort studies; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Hill's criteria; Nuts

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; NUT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; NUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 34249334070     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BJN20061865     Document Type: Review

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