Effects of polyunsaturated fats on blood pressure

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue , 1993, Pages 243-260

  Iacono, James M ^a   Dougherty, Rita M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; hypertension; n 3 fatty acids; n 6 fatty acids; prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0027303758     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nu.13.070193.001331     Document Type: Review

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