Estimating the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in South Africa in 2000

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 717-723

  Schneider, Michelle ^a   Norman, Rosana ^a   Steyn, Nelia ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH CANCER; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 38449093185     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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