Evidences on the relationship between mediterranean diet and health status;Attuali conoscenze sui rapporti tra dieta mediterranea e stato di salute

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Sofi, Francesco ^a,c   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^c   Casini, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Fon Dazione Don Carlo Gnocchi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Health status; Mediterranean diet; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDITIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64949130725     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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