Effect of the vegetarian diet on non-communicable diseases

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-173

  Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Homocysteine; Ischemic heart disease; Mean platelet volume; Mortality; Platelet aggregation; Type 2 diabetes; Vegetarian, non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; VEGETARIAN DIET; VEGETARIAN, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES;

CANCER; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEAN PLATELET VOLUME; MORTALITY; PLATELET AGGREGATION; TYPE 2 DIABETES; VEGETARIAN, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FOOD HABITS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84889088756     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6362     Document Type: Review

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