Position paper on trans fatty acids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 663-670

  Feldman, E B ^a   Kris Etherton, P M ^a   Kritchevsky, D ^a   Lichtenstein, A H ^a  

^a Amer Society for Clinical Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

blood lipids; dietary recommendations; Hydrogenation; saturated fatty acids; trans fatty acids; unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYDROGENATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID COMPOSITION;

EID: 0029928774     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.5.663     Document Type: Article

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