Mediterranean diet and mortality in Switzerland: an alpine paradox?

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-148

  Vormund, Kerstin ^a   Braun, Julia ^b   Rohrmann, Sabine ^b   Bopp, Matthias ^b   Ballmer, Peter ^c   Faeh, David ^b  

^a University of Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine paradox; Dairy food; Mediterranean diet; Mortality; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897358207     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0695-y     Document Type: Article

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