Nut consumption on all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 783-793

  Grosso, Giuseppe ^a   Yang, Justin ^c,d   Marventano, Stefano ^b   Micek, Agnieszka ^e   Galvano, Fabio ^a   Kales, Stefanos N ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Department GF Ingrassia Section of Hygiene and Public Health   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Nut consumption; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FRUIT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTS; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84929657199     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.099515     Document Type: Article

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