Wholegrain cereals for coronary heart disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kelly, Sarah A M ^a   Summerbell, C D ^b   Brynes, A ^b   Whittaker, V ^b   Frost, G ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Cereals; Cholesterol blood ; Cholesterol, LDL blood ; Coronary disease blood; *diet therapy ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Risk factors

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RETRACTED ARTICLE; REVIEW;

EID: 44949162902     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005051.pub2     Document Type: Review

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