Beyond the mediterranean diet: The role of omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of coronary heart disease

Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 136-146

  Harper, Charles R ^a,b   Jacobson, Terry A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'SPECTRUM'; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GNC; GNC GOLDMINDS; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; KROGER; LINOLENIC ACID; NATROL; NATURALLY PREFERRED; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RAPESEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SUNDOWN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FISH; GRAIN; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLANT PRODUCT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0038756838     PISSN: 1520037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-037X.2003.1332.x     Document Type: Review

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