Measurement of Mercury Levels in Concentrated over-the-Counter Fish Oil Preparations: Is Fish Oil Healthier than Fish?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1603-1605

  Foran, Stacy E ^a   Flood, James G ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CVS; FISH OIL; KIRKLAND; MERCURY; NORDIC ULTIMATE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA BRITE; SUNDOWN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; SAFETY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; FISH OILS; FISHES; MERCURY; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0344305649     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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