Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption and heart rate variability: The Veterans administration normative aging study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 778-786

  Park, Sung Kyun ^a,b   Tucker, Katherine L ^b   O'Neill, Marie S ^a   Sparrow, David ^c,d,e   Vokonas, Pantel S ^c   Hu, Howard ^a,e,f   Schwartz, Joel ^f  

^a Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITRUS FRUIT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FISH MEAT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TUNA; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRUIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 61449150487     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26849     Document Type: Article

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