Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of wheezing and asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 411-428

  Seyedrezazadeh, Ensiyeh ^a,b   Pour Moghaddam, Masoud ^c   Ansarin, Khalil ^a   Reza Vafa, Mohammad ^b   Sharma, Sangita ^d   Kolahdooz, Fariba ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Northwest Health   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fruit; Vegetables; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CITRUS FRUIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEPPER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; FRUIT; VEGETABLES; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903762124     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12121     Document Type: Article

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