Potential cardiovascular mortality reductions with stricter food policies in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 522-531

  O'Flaherty, Martin ^a   Flores Mateo, Gemma ^b   Nnoaham, Kelechi ^c   Lloyd Williams, Ffion ^a   Capewell, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANS FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SALT INTAKE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863325549     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.092643     Document Type: Article

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