Mediterranean diet: The whole is more than the sum of its parts

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 577-578

  Martínez González, Miguel A ^a   Gea, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; FOLIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BUTTER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY FIBER; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; GREECE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LEGUME; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUT; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RED MEAT; SPAIN; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; WINE;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865243941     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512001833     Document Type: Note

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