Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: Systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Aune, Dagfinn ^a,b   Keum, Nana ^c   Giovannucci, Edward ^c,d   Fadnes, Lars T ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Greenwood, Darren C ^d   Tonstad, Serena ^e   Vatten, Lars J ^a   Riboli, Elio ^b   Norat, Teresa ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAN; BREAD; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHOLE GRAIN; DIET; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE GRAINS;

EID: 84975318701     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2716     Document Type: Article

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