Dietary monounsaturated fatty acids appear not to provide cardioprotection

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 391-396

  Degirolamo, Chiara ^a   Rudel, Lawrence L ^a  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Dietary fat; Fatty acids; High density lipoproteins; Lipoprotein metabolism; Low density lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS;

EID: 77958160467     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-010-0133-4     Document Type: Review

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