Dietary n-6 and n-3 fatty acids in immunity and autoimmune disease

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 555-562

  Harbige, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0032199579     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19980081     Document Type: Article

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