Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Health benefits of omega 3 fats are in doubt [8]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7546, 2006, Pages 915-

  Geleijnse, Johanna M ^a   Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646016032     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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