Cardiovascular benefits of nuts

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 963-965

  Nash, Stephen D ^a,b   Westpfal, Matthew ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALMOND; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACADAMIA; NUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WALNUT;

EID: 16844374673     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.035     Document Type: Note

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