The cardioprotective benefits of monounsaturated fatty acid

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Martínez González, Miguel A ^a,b,c,d   Bes Rastrollo, Maira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Department of Preventive and Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 30744474929     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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