The use of fish oil in the community: Results of a population-based study

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-442

  Hill, Catherine ^a   Gill, Tiffany K ^b   Appleton, Sarah ^b   Cleland, Leslie G ^c   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Adams, Robert J ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249105740     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken498     Document Type: Letter

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