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Journal of the American College of Nutrition Volume 19, 2000 - Issue sup3: WHOLE GRAINS AND HEALTH
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Fiber from Whole Grains, but not Refined Grains, Is Inversely Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Older Women: The Iowa Women’s Health Study

David R. Jacobs Jr Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (D.R.J., M.A.P., L.H.K.)
, PhD,
Mark A. Pereira Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (D.R.J., M.A.P., L.H.K.)
, PhD,
Katie A. Meyer Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (K.A.M.)
, MPH &
Lawrence H. Kushi Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (D.R.J., M.A.P., L.H.K.)
, ScD
Pages 326S-330S | Received 01 Feb 2000, Published online: 14 Jun 2013

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