Mediterranean diet and coronary heart disease: Is obesity a link? - A systematic review

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 536-551

  Kastorini, C M ^a,b   Milionis, H J ^b   Goudevenos, J A ^b   Panagiotakos, D B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Mediterranean diet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955603622     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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