Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality-A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1029-1056

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BJØRKNES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort; Diet; Fruit and vegetables; Global assessment; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FRUIT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITRUS FRUIT; EMBASE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDLINE; PEAR; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; DIET; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM;

CITRUS; PYRUS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85018726557     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw319     Document Type: Article

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