Whole grain cereals for the primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

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Volumn 2017, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Kelly, Sarah A M ^a   Hartley, Louise ^b   Loveman, Emma ^c   Colquitt, Jill L ^c   Jones, Helen M ^d   Al Khudairy, Lena ^d   Clar, Christine ^e   Germanò, Roberta ^f   Lunn, Hannah R ^d   Frost, Gary ^g   Rees, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE LLP   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e Freelance trainer   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; FOOD GRAIN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; EDIBLE GRAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85028311893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005051.pub3     Document Type: Review

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