Essential fats in walnuts are good for the heart and diabetes

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1096-1097

  Patel, Gita ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SHORT SURVEY; WALNUT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS;

EID: 20744449980     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2005.05.193     Document Type: Article

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