Fish oil - An appetising alternative to anti-arrhythmic drugs?

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9419, 2004, Pages 1412-1413

  Albert, Christine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FISH OIL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2342470795     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16135-7     Document Type: Note

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