The Effects of a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern on Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Hardin Fanning, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FOLIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS;

EID: 38649096630     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2007.10.004     Document Type: Review

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