The role of essential fatty acids in the control of coronary heart disease

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 592-596

  Vedtofte, Mia S ^a   Jakobsen, Marianne U ^b   Lauritzen, Lotte ^c   Heitmann, Berit L ^a  

^a Copenhagen Municipal Hospitals Region H ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

alpha linolenic acid; coronary heart disease; linoleic acid

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868214315     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283596834     Document Type: Review

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