Fruit and vegetable intakes, dietary antioxidant nutrients, and total mortality in Spanish adults: Findings from the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Spain)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1634-1642

  Agudo, Antonio ^a,g   Cabrera, Laia ^a   Amiano, Pilar ^b   Ardanaz, Eva ^c   Barricarte, Aurelio ^c   Berenguer, Toni ^a   Chirlaque, María D ^d   Dorronsoro, Miren ^b   Jakszyn, Paula ^a   Larrañaga, Nerea ^b   Martínez, Carmen ^e   Navarro, Carmen ^d   Quirós, Jose R ^f   Sánchez, María J ^e   Tormo, María J ^d   González, Carlos A ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Direccion de Salud de Guipuzcoa   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Epidemiología   (Spain)

^e ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^f Consejería de Sanidad Y Servicios Sociales de Asturias ^*  (Spain)

^g BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cohort studies; Fruit; Mortality; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; ROOT VEGETABLE; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

EID: 34250022528     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.6.1634     Document Type: Article

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