Fruit intake and cardiovascular disease mortality in the UK Women’s Cohort Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1035-1048

  Lai, Heidi Tsz Mung ^a   Threapleton, Diane Erin ^a,b   Day, Andrea Jill ^a   Williamson, Gary ^a   Cade, Janet Elizabeth ^a   Burley, Victoria Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Fruit intake; Polyphenol; Stroke

Indexed keywords

PHENOL; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERRY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POME FRUIT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHENOLS; STROKE;

EID: 84942550087     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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