Effect of dietary supplementation with fish oil on systolic blood pressure in mild essential hypertension

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 293, Issue 6539, 1986, Pages 104-105

  Norris, Pg ^a   Jones, Cjh ^a   Weston, Mj ^a  

^a Chelmsford and Essex Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0023047585     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.293.6539.104     Document Type: Article

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