No effect of a very low dose of n-3 fatty acids on monocyte function in healthy humans

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Schmidt, E B ^a,b,d   Varming, K ^a   Moller J M ^a   Bulow Pedersen I ^a   Madsen, P ^a   Dyerberg, J ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Hjorring Bronderslev Hosp   (Denmark)

^c MediLab A/S   (Denmark)

^d NORTH DENMARK REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Fish oils; Monocyte function

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030020610     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519609088592     Document Type: Article

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