Mortality in vegetarians and comparable nonvegetarians in the United Kingdom

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 218-230

  Appleby, Paul N ^a   Crowe, Francesca L ^a   Bradbury, Kathryn E ^a   Travis, Ruth C ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Mortality; Nonvegetarian; Vegan; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COHABITING PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PISCIVORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGAN; VEGETARIAN; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARNIVORY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EATING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARNIVORY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIANS;

EID: 84953898209     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.119461     Document Type: Article

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