Effect of diet and plasma fatty acid composition on immune status in elderly men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 572-577

  Rasmussen, Lone B ^b   Kiens, Bente ^a   Pedersen, Bente K ^b   Richter, Erik A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUTRITION;

EID: 0028349860     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/59.3.572     Document Type: Article

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