Contribution of Nuts to the Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 175-184

  Ros, Emilio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Mediterranean diet; Nuts; Phytochemicals; PREDIMED study; Prospective studies; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941886926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407849-9.00017-8     Document Type: Chapter

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