Health aspects of fish and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from plant and marine origin

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 749-753

  De Deckere, E A M ^a   Korver, O ^a   Verschuren, P M ^a   Katan, M B ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Coronary heart disease; Fish; Health; Human; Marine n 3 PUFA; w 3 PUFA

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; FISH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031721704     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600641     Document Type: Article

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