Hypocholesterolemic effects of a dietary fiber supplement

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1050-1054

  Hunninghake, Donald B ^a   Miller, Valery T ^b   LaRosa, John C ^b   Kinosian, Bruce ^b   Brown, Virgil ^b   Howard, Wm James ^b   DiSerio, Frank J ^b   O'Connor, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0028300080     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/59.5.1050     Document Type: Article

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