Sugar industry and coronary heart disease research: A historical analysis of internal industry documents

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1680-1685

  Kearns, Cristin E ^a   Schmidt, Laura A ^a,b   Glantz, Stanton A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Clinical and Translational Science Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CALORIE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW FAT DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUGAR INTAKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84996477115     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5394     Document Type: Article

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