High trans fatty acid content in common Indian fast foods

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 564-569

  Agrawal, Aachu ^a   Gupta, Rajeev ^b   Varma, Kanika ^a   Mathur, Beena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Diet; Diseases; Fast foods; Fats; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649084622     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650810920178     Document Type: Article

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