Nutritional characteristics of middle-aged Japanese vegetarians

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Nakamoto, Keiko ^a,c   Watanabe, Sanae ^a   Kudo, Hideki ^b   Tanaka, Akira ^a  

^a KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c San iku Food Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Dietary intake; Triacylglyceride

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 48849102369     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.E546     Document Type: Article

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