Beyond low-fat diets

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 563-566

  Katan, Martijn B ^a   Grundy, Scott M ^b   Willett, Walter C ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FAT INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

CHOLESTEROL; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030835786     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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