Healthy aspects of the nordic diet are related to lower total mortality1,2

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 639-644

  Olsen, Anja ^a   Egeberg, Rikke ^a   Halkjær, Jytte ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Overvad, Kim ^b,c   Tjønneland, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPLE; ARTICLE; CABBAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OAT; PEAR; ROOT VEGETABLE; RYE;

DENMARK; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

PYRUS; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 79955504355     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.131375     Document Type: Article

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