Use of plant stanol ester margarine among persons with and without cardiovascular disease: Early phases of the adoption of a functional food in Finland

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; MARGARINE; STANOL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARGARINE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SITOSTEROLS;

EID: 23044478971     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-20     Document Type: Article

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