Do the health benefits of dietary fiber extend beyond cardiovascular disease?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1069-1070

  De Koning, Lawrence ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,b,c  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYPHENOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960117011     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.19     Document Type: Note

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