Habitual chocolate intake and vascular disease: A prospective study of clinical outcomes in older women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1857-1858

  Lewis, Joshua R ^a,c   Prince, Richard L ^a,c   Zhu, Kun ^a,c   Devine, Amanda ^d   Thompson, Peter L ^c   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CACAO; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; CACAO; CANDY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78149397190     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.396     Document Type: Letter

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