Commentary: Ruminant trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease - Cause for concern?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-184

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BOVIDS; CORONARY RISK; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUMINANTS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 38949100390     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym263     Document Type: Note

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