Cholesterol: Where science and public health policy intersect

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Brownawell, Amy M ^a   Falk, Michael C ^a  

^a Life Sciences Research Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cholesterol; Choline; Coronary heart disease; Dietary cholesterol; Mediterranean diet; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; OLEIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; YOGHURT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; BEEF; BREAD; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; BROCCOLI; BRUSSELS SPROUT; BUTTER; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CEREAL; CHICKEN MEAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; EGG SHELL; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY LIVER; FISH MEAT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGUME; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PORK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RED MEAT; RED WINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SOYBEAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LOW FAT DIET; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956632500     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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