Consistency of use of plant stanol ester margarine in Finland

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Simojoki, Meri ^a   Luoto, Riitta ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a   Boice Jr , John D ^c,d   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^c,d   Puska, Pekka ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consistency; Finland; Margarine; Plant stand

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE; STANOL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARGARINE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SITOSTEROLS;

EID: 1542290546     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003514     Document Type: Article

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