Alpha-linolenic acid intake and 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke in 20,000 middle-aged men and women in the Netherlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  de Goede, Janette ^a   Verschuren, W M Monique ^b   Boer, Jolanda M A ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CORONARY DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953057123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017967     Document Type: Article

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