Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 283-290 , May 2008

Whole grain intake and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis

  • Philip B. Mellen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 336 716 4474; fax: +1 336 716 7359.
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  • Thomas F. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • David M. Herrington

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA

Received 12 July 2006 ,Revised 12 December 2006 ,Accepted 19 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.12.008

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 283-290 , May 2008

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