Consumption of red or processed meat does not predict risk factors for coronary heart disease; results from a cohort of British adults in 1989 and 1999

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Wagemakers, J J M F ^a   Prynne, C J ^a   Stephen, A M ^a   Wadsworth, M E J ^b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 62549149948     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602954     Document Type: Article

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