Self-reported health problems in young male subjects supplementing their diet with oils rich in eicosapentaenoic, γ-linolenic and stearidonic acids

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Miles, Elizabeth A ^a   Banerjee, Tapati ^a   Calder, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BORAGE OIL; ECHIUM OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOMITING;

EID: 33746102159     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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