An assessment of the economic and heart health benefits of replacing saturated fat in the diet with monounsaturates in the form of rapeseed (canola) oil

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-184

  Harland, J I ^a,b  

^a HarlandHall Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b HarlandHall Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Canola; Health economics; Meta analysis; MUFA; Rapeseed

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 68849130110     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2009.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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