Nuts: A new protective food against coronary heart disease

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 11-16

  Sabaté, Joan ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0028057887     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199402000-00003     Document Type: Review

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