n-3 Fatty acids and coronary heart disease - The urgent need of clinical trials

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Schmidt, Erik Berg ^a   Dyerberg, Jørn ^b  

^a Hjørring/B ^*  (Denmark)

^b Medi Lab as   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032995923     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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