Omega-3 PUFA: Good or bad for prostate cancer?

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 79, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 97-99

  Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(n 3) fatty acids; Linolenic acid; Meta analysis; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 56449127677     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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