The Mediterranean diet: The reasons for a success

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-404

  Bonaccio, Marialaura ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a   De Gaetano, Giovanni ^a  

^a Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura Giovanni Paolo II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular risk; Income; Mediterranean diet; Socio economic status; Western diet

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST CONTROL; EATING HABIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857794961     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2011.10.018     Document Type: Review

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