Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular diseases in an Israeli population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Bilenko, Natalya ^a   Fraser, Drora ^a   Vardi, Hillel ^a   Shai, Iris ^a,b   Shahar, Danit R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic disease; Dietary pattern; Mediterranean diet; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGUME; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 7944224673     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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