Mediterranean diet adherence and risk of multiple sclerosis: A case-control study

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 377-384

  Sedaghat, Fatemeh ^a   Jessri, Mahsa ^b   Behrooz, Maryam ^a   Mirghotbi, Mostafa ^a   Rashidkhani, Bahram ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Mediterranean diet; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979099345     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.2.12     Document Type: Article

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