The mediterranean diet: Good for the heart = good for the brain?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-228

  Barnes, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; FISH; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGUME; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VEGETABLE;

DEMENTIA; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 79952505944     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22376     Document Type: Editorial

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