Economic valuation of the potential health benefits from foods enriched with plant sterols in Canada

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gyles, Collin L ^a   Carlberg, Jared G ^a   Gustafson, Jennifer ^b   Davlut, David A ^b   Jones, Peter J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Cost of illness analysis; Health care costs; Success rate

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PLANT STEROL ENRICHED FOOD;

EID: 79251529599     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v54i0.5113     Document Type: Article

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