Conclusions and recommendations from the symposium, Beyond Cholesterol: Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease with n-3 Fatty Acids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Deckelbaum, Richard J ^a   Leaf, Alexander ^b   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^c   Jacobson, Terry A ^d   Harris, William S ^e   Akabas, Sharon R ^a,f  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f Clinical Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 45749117117     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.2010s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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