Serum alpha tocopherol concentrations and cholesterol ester fatty acid composition in 70-year-old men reflect those 20 years earlier

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Ohrvall M ^a   Tengblad, S ^a   Gref, C G ^b   Salminen, I ^b   Aro, A ^b   Vessby, B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Biological tracking; Fatty acid composition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALMITIC ACID; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029991742     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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