Trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 1994-1998

  Ascherio, Alberto ^a   Katan, Martijn B ^b   Zock, Peter L ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGENATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; HYDROGENATION; LIPOPROTEIN(A); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033600276     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199906243402511     Document Type: Review

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