Fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause mortality: A doseresponse analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 454-459

  Bellavia, Andrea ^a   Larsson, Susanna C ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^a   Orsini, Nicola ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84881257450     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.056119     Document Type: Article

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