Plasma fatty acid levels in South African interethnic male high school pupils at different ultimate risks of coronary heart disease

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-46

  Chetty, Nanthakumarn ^a   Naran, Nitien H ^a   Walker, Alexander R P ^a   Seftel, Harry C ^b   Joffe, Barry I ^b   Raal, Frederick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Dietary fat intake; Plasma cholesterol; Plasma fatty acids

Indexed keywords

MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY DISEASE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031550625     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(96)06426-1     Document Type: Article

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