Which of the n-3 PUFA Should Be Called Essential?

Lipids

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1113-1114

  Sinclair, Andrew J ^a   Attar Bashi, Nadia M ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

LETTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344392921     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-006-1167-9     Document Type: Letter

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