Food choices and coronary heart disease: A population based cohort study of rural Swedish men with 12 years of follow-up

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2626-2638

  Holmberg, Sara ^a,b   Thelin, Anders ^b   Stiernström, Eva Lena ^b  

^a Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dairy fat; Diet; Farmers; Fruit and vegetables; Nordic nutritional recommendations; Nutrition; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; CREAM; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MILK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70449377687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102626     Document Type: Article

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