Effect of Animal and Industrial Trans Fatty Acids on HDL and LDL Cholesterol Levels in Humans – A Quantitative Review

Ingeborg A. Brouwer; Anne J. Wanders; Martijn B. Katan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009434

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Effect of Animal and Industrial Trans Fatty Acids on HDL and LDL Cholesterol Levels in Humans – A Quantitative Review

Ingeborg A. Brouwer ,

* E-mail: Ingeborg.Brouwer@falw.vu.nl

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Anne J. Wanders,

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Martijn B. Katan

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Effect of Animal and Industrial Trans Fatty Acids on HDL and LDL Cholesterol Levels in Humans – A Quantitative Review

Ingeborg A. Brouwer,
Anne J. Wanders,
Martijn B. Katan

Published: March 2, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009434

About the Authors

Ingeborg A. Brouwer

* E-mail: Ingeborg.Brouwer@falw.vu.nl

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Anne J. Wanders

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Martijn B. Katan

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IAB AJW MBK. Analyzed the data: IAB AJW MBK. Wrote the paper: IAB AJW MBK.

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