Very low dietary intake of n-3 fatty acids affects the immune function of healthy elderly people

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Bechoua, S ^a   Dubois, M ^a   Nemoz G ^a   Chapuy, P ^a   Vericel E ^a   Lagarde, M ^a   Prigent, A F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL;

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

EID: 17444434963     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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