Unacknowledged health benefits of genetically modified food: Salmon and heart disease deaths

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Lutter, Randall ^a   Tucker, Katherine ^b  

^a AEI Brookings Jt Ctr Regulatory S   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Genetically modified; Omega 3; Regulation; Salmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347335864     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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