Relation of the traditional mediterranean diet to cerebrovascular disease in a mediterranean population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1185-1192

  Misirli, Gesthimani ^a,b   Benetou, Vassiliki ^b   Lagiou, Pagona ^b,c,d   Bamia, Christina ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^c,d   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a,b  

^a HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease; Mediferranean diet; olive oil; stroke

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGUME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NUT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETABLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 84871229512     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws205     Document Type: Article

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