Whole grain intake and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-290

  Mellen, Philip B ^a   Walsh, Thomas F ^a   Herrington, David M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cereals; Cohort studies; Diet; Meta analysis; Metabolic cardiovascular syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43949138287     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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