Rethinking dietary cholesterol

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-121

  Fernandez, Maria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary cholesterol; dietary guidelines; eggs; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; low density lipoprotein cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; EGG; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; EGGS; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIA; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857050989     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32834d2259     Document Type: Review

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