Intake of fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease in a cohort of Finnish men. The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 876-887

  Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Ascherio, Alberto ^b   Korhonen, Pasi ^a   Hartman, Anne M ^c   Willett, Walter C ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^c   Virtamo, Jarmo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; diet; fats; lipids; mortality

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031009308     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009047     Document Type: Article

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