Milk and dairy consumption and risk of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 269-287

  Guo, Jing ^a   Astrup, Arne ^b   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a   Gijsbers, Lieke ^c   Givens, David I ^a   Soedamah Muthu, Sabita S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cardiovascular disease; Dairy; Dose response meta analysis; Fermented dairy; Milk

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MILK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; DIET; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; HUMANS; MILK; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85016978207     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-017-0243-1     Document Type: Article

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