The use of margarine with added phytosterols as functional food;Het gebruik van margarine verrijkt met fytosterolen als functioneel voedingsmiddel

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 144, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 918-921

  De Graaf, J ^a   Stalenhoef, A F H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MARGARINE; PHYTOSTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FOOD SAFETY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW;

CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY FATS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PHYTOSTEROLS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034643686     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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