Is whole grain intake associated with reduced total and cause-specific death rates in older women? The Iowa women's health study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-329

  Jacobs Jr , David R ^a   Meyer, Katie A ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6544264929     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.3.322     Document Type: Article

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