Do vegetables and fruits reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A case-control study in Japan

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Hirayama, Fumi ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a   Hiramatsu, Tetsuo ^b   Tanikawa, Yoshimasa ^c   Nishimura, Koichi ^d   Taniguchi, Hiroyuki ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KOMAKI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Clinical Laboratory   (Japan)

^d ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Fruit; Risk; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SPIROMETRY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70349295188     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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