Tracing artificial trans fat in popular foods in Europe: A market basket investigation

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Stender, Steen ^a   Astrup, Arne ^b   Dyerberg, Jørn ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TRANS FAT; FAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; FAT SUBSTITUTE; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FAT CONTENT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY DISEASE; FAT SUBSTITUTE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FAT SUBSTITUTES; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NUTRITION POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84901420493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005218     Document Type: Article

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