Mediterranean dietary pattern and prediction of all-cause mortality in a US population: Results from the NIH-AARP diet and health study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2461-2468

  Mitrou, Panagiota N ^a,e   Kipnis, Victor ^a   Thiébaut, Anne C M ^a   Reedy, Jill ^a   Subar, Amy F ^a   Wirfält, Elisabet ^b   Flood, Andrew ^c   Mouw, Traci ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^d   Leitzmann, Michael F ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AARP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149005346     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.22.2461     Document Type: Article

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