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SUBMITTER: Lee JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3778858 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lee Jung Eun JE McLerran Dale F DF Rolland Betsy B Chen Yu Y Grant Eric J EJ Vedanthan Rajesh R Inoue Manami M Tsugane Shoichiro S Gao Yu-Tang YT Tsuji Ichiro I Kakizaki Masako M Ahsan Habibul H Ahn Yoon-Ok YO Pan Wen-Harn WH Ozasa Kotaro K Yoo Keun-Young KY Sasazuki Shizuka S Yang Gong G Watanabe Takashi T Sugawara Yumi Y Parvez Faruque F Kim Dong-Hyun DH Chuang Shao-Yuan SY Ohishi Waka W Park Sue K SK Feng Ziding Z Thornquist Mark M Boffetta Paolo P Zheng Wei W Kang Daehee D Potter John J Sinha Rashmi R
The American journal of clinical nutrition 20130731 4
<h4>Background</h4>Total or red meat intake has been shown to be associated with a higher risk of mortality in Western populations, but little is known of the risks in Asian populations.<h4>Objective</h4>We examined temporal trends in meat consumption and associations between meat intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Asia.<h4>Design</h4>We used ecological data from the United Nations to compare country-specific meat consumption. Separately, 8 Asian prospective cohort studies in B ...[more]