Regular consumption of eggs does not affect carotid plaque area or risk of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-188

  Voutilainen, Sari ^a   Nurmi, Anna ^a   Mursu, Jaakko ^a   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^a   Ruusunen, Anu ^a   Virtanen, Jyrki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nutrition; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EGG; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84873427167     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.11.031     Document Type: Letter

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