Nut consumption and blood lipid levels: A pooled analysis of 25 intervention trials

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 821-827

  Sabaté, Joan ^a   Oda, Keiji ^a   Ros, Emilio ^b,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77952146881     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.79     Document Type: Article

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