Fish oil as an adjuvant in the treatment of hypertension

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2 I, 1996, Pages 295-300

  Gray, David R ^a,b   Gozzip, Carol G ^a   Eastham, John H ^a   Kashyap, Moti L ^a  

^a Pharmacy Service   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029921729     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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