Adherence to the healthy Nordic food index and total and cause-specific mortality among Swedish women

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 509-517

  Roswall, Nina ^a,b   Sandin, Sven ^b   Löf, Marie ^b   Skeie, Guri ^c   Olsen, Anja ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,d   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,e,f  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort study; Mortality; Nordic Diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPLE; ARTICLE; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; GRAIN; HEALTHY NORDIC FOOD INDEX; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OAT; PEAR; PROCESSED MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROOT VEGETABLE; SHELLFISH; SMOKING; SUICIDE; SWEDISH CITIZEN; VEGETABLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; EDIBLE GRAIN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84933676517     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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