The cholesterol facts. A summary of the evidence relating dietary fats, serum cholesterol, and coronary heart disease. A joint statement by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Task Force on Cholesterol Issues, American Heart Association.

John C. LaRosa; D B Hunninghake; David E. Bush; Michael H. Criqui; Godfrey S. Getz; Antonio M. Gotto; Scott M. Grundy; Louis Rakita; R M Robertson; Myron L. Weisfeldt

doi:10.1161/01.cir.81.5.1721

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MedicineCoronary heart diseaseCholesterolInternal medicineBlood cholesterolCardiologyDietary Cholesterol

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Year: 1990
Type: review
Volume: 81
Issue: 5
Pages: 1721-1733
Citations: 557
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                                    John C. LaRosa, 
                                
                                    D B Hunninghake, 
                                
                                    David E. Bush
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            The cholesterol facts. A summary of the evidence relating dietary fats, serum cholesterol, and coronary heart disease. A joint statement by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Task Force on Cholesterol Issues, American Heart Association.. 
                            Circulation
                            , 81
                            (5)
                            , 1721-1733.
                            https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.81.5.1721
                        

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DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.81.5.1721