Impact of diet on the cardiovascular risk profile of Japanese immigrants living in Brazil: Contributions of world health organization cardiac AND monalisa studies

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.2, 2004, Pages

  Moriguchi, Emilio H ^a   Moriguchi, Y ^a   Yamori, Y ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cardiovascular risk factors; Dietary habits; Japanese immigrants; Lifestyle; Nutrition; Obesity; Okinawa

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; URINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POTASSIUM; RISK FACTORS; TAURINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547807484     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.04119.x     Document Type: Article

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