Nuts: Anti-atherogenic food?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Alexiadou, Kleopatra ^a   Katsilambros, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Nuts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLEIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; REVIEW;

EID: 79952698539     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.11.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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