Diet quality indexes and mortality in postmenopausal women: The Iowa Women's Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 444-453

  Mursu, Jaakko ^a,c   Steffen, Lyn M ^a   Meyer, Katie A ^a   Duprez, Daniel ^b   Jacobs, David R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SCORING SYSTEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84881237175     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.055681     Document Type: Article

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