Dietary fiber and mortality: Convincing observations that call for mechanistic investigations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-4

  Landberg, Rikard ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE CANCER; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VEGETABLE;

DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 84863563587     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.040808     Document Type: Editorial

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