Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Risk of Major Chronic Disease
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstitutePublished 2 November 2004Open access
H.-C. Hung, Kaumudi Joshipura, Rui Jiang, Frank B. Hu, David J. Hunter, Stephanie A. Smith‐Warner
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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with a modest although not statistically significant reduction in the development of major chronic disease and the benefits appeared to be primarily for cardiovascular disease and not for cancer.
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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with a modest although not statistically significant reduction in the development of major chronic disease. The benefits appeared to be primarily for cardiovascular disease and not for cancer.
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