Does adherence to the Mediterranean diet have a protective effect against active and passive smoking?

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 121-128

  Vardavas, C I ^a,b   Flouris, A D ^c   Tsatsakis, A ^a   Kafatos, A G ^a   Saris, W H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Mediterranean diet; Passive smoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIOXIDANT; DIET; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

ACTIVE SMOKING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG CANCER; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; GREECE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952534506     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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