New York City trans fat ban: Improving the default option when purchasing foods prepared outside of the home

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-145

  Lichtenstein, Alice H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANS FATTY ACID;

CITY; EDITORIAL; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863930870     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-2-201207170-00015     Document Type: Editorial

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