Vegetarian diet and all-cause mortality: Evidence from a large population-based Australian cohort - the 45 and Up Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-7

  Mihrshahi, Seema ^a   Ding, Ding ^a   Gale, Joanne ^a   Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^b   Banks, Emily ^c,d   Bauman, Adrian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Mortality; Non vegetarian; Pesco vegetarian; Semi vegetarian; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PESCOVEGETARIAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETARIAN DIET; CLASSIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85008608261     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.12.044     Document Type: Article

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