Did the PREDIMED trial test a mediterranean diet?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1353-1354

  Appel, Lawrence J ^a   Van Horn, Linda ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYPHENOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUT; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84875781374     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1301582     Document Type: Editorial

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