Fruit and vegetable intake and mortality from cardiovascular disease are inversely associated in Japanese women but not in men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1129-1134

  Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Nagata, Chisato ^a   Oba, Shino ^a   Takatsuka, Naoyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sackihai Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 44449177832     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.6.1129     Document Type: Article

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