Fruit and vegetables: Think variety, go ahead, eat!

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-7

  Padayatty, Sebastian J ^a   Levine, Mark ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; FLAVANOID;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 38149137317     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.1.5     Document Type: Editorial

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