Vegetarian diets, chronic diseases and longevity

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Ginter, Emil ^a,b  

^a Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine   (Slovakia)

^b NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Ischemic heart disease; Longevity; Total mortality; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; REVIEW; VEGETARIAN DIET;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 62549128175     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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