What ever happened to the Mediterranean diet?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 741-742

  Birtwhistle, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 51049098500     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn097     Document Type: Note

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