Dairy Consumption, Plasma Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk: Finding the Balance

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Corella, Dolores ^a,b   Ordovas, Jose M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Dairy products; Genetics; Lipids; Nutrigenetics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 6; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MILK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84873869226     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-011-0213-1     Document Type: Review

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