Essential Fatty Acids: The Importance of n‐3 Fatty Acids in the Retina and Brain

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 21-29

  Connor, William E ^a   Neuringer, Martha ^a   Reisbick, Sydney ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BRAIN; FISH; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMAN; RETINA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026650236     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1992.tb01286.x     Document Type: Article

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