Lessons from studies in middle-aged and older adults living in Mediterranean islands: The role of dietary habits and nutrition services

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETITIAN; EATING HABIT; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 79959471426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/901651     Document Type: Review

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