The effects of Italian Mediterranean Organic Diet (IMOD) on health status

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 814-824

  De Lorenzo, A ^a,b   Noce, A ^c   Bigioni, M ^a   Calabrese, V ^d   Della Rocca, D G ^a   Di Daniele, N ^c   Tozzo, C ^c   Di Renzo, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INDiM   (Italy)

^c TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Chronic inflammatory disease; Homocysteine; Mediterranean diet; Organic and conventional food

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALIAN MEDITERRANEAN ORGANIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MICROALBUMINURIA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950285223     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210790883561     Document Type: Article

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