Egg consumption and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: Dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7890, 2013, Pages

  Rong, Ying ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Zhu, Tingting ^a   Song, Yadong ^a   Yu, Miao ^a   Shan, Zhilei ^a   Sands, Amanda ^b   Hu, Frank B ^b   Liu, Liegang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EGGS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84872280207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8539     Document Type: Article

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