Dietary intake of α-linolenic acid and risk of fatal ischemic heart disease among women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 890-897

  Hu, Frank B ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^b   Rimm, Eric B ^b   Wolk, Alicja ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diet; Ischemic heart disease; Nurses' Health Study; Risk; Trans fatty acids; Women; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032949296     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.5.890     Document Type: Article

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