Fall in total cholesterol concentration over five years in association with changes in fatty acid composition of cooking oil in Mauritius: Cross sectional survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7064, 1996, Pages 1044-1046

  Uusitalo, Ulla ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a   Dowse, Gary ^c   Haw, Ulan ^d   Fareed, Djamil ^e   Hemraj, Farodjeo ^d   Gareeboo, Hassam ^d   Alberti, K George M M ^f   Zimmet, Paul ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mauritius)

^e World Health Organisation   (Mauritius)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PALM OIL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 10344250390     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7064.1044     Document Type: Article

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