Fruit, Mediterranean-style, and high-fat and -sugar diets are associated with the risk of night sweats and hot flushes in midlife: Results from a prospective cohort study1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1092-1099

  Herber Gast, Gerrie Cor M ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NIGHT SWEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876937966     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.049965     Document Type: Article

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