Omega-3 fatty acids

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Covington, Maggie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RAPESEED OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLEEDING TIME; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINSEED; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORNING STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN DEATH; TENDINITIS; WALNUT;

ARRHYTHMIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 3042740727     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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