Nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: A review of epidemiologic evidence

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 204-209

  Hu, Frank B ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Heart Disease Risk; Cardiovascular Heart Disease Risk Factor; Coronary Heart Disease; Fatal Cardiovascular Heart Disease; Large Prospective Cohort Study

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033224270     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-999-0033-7     Document Type: Review

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