Changes in diet in Finland from 1972 to 1992: Impact on coronary heart disease risk

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Seppänen, Ritva ^b   Aro, Antti ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

dietary fat; Finland; heart disease; nutrition; polyunsaturated fatty acids; saturated fatty acids; trends

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029889489     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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