The effects of nuts on coronary heart disease risk

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 103-111

  Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a   Zhao, Guixiang ^a   Binkoski, Amy E ^a   Coval, Stacie M ^a   Etherton, Terry D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035024002     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2001.tb06996.x     Document Type: Article

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