Association between dietary whole grain intake and risk of mortality: Two large prospective studies in US Men and Women

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-384

  Wu, Hongyu ^a   Flint, Alan J ^a   Qi, Qibin ^b   Van Dam, Rob M ^c,d   Sampson, Laura A ^a,d   Rimm, Eric B ^a,d,e   Holmes, Michelle D ^a,d   Willett, Walter C ^a,e   Hu, Frank B ^a,e   Sun, Qi ^a,b,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GRAIN; HUMAN; ICD-8; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WHOLE GRAIN INTAKE; CEREAL; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EDIBLE GRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924065715     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6283     Document Type: Article

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