Effects of fish oil supplementation in late pregnancy on blood pressure: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 529-533

  Salvig, Jannie Dalby ^a   Olsen, Sjúrdur F ^b   Secher, Niels Jsrgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030030739     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09801.x     Document Type: Article

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