Fish oil and cod liver as safe and healthy food supplements

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 156-162

  Smutna, Miriam ^a   Kruzikova, Kamila ^a   Marsalek, Petr ^a   Kopriva, Vladimir ^a   Svobodova, Zdenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canned cod liver; Capsules; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Contaminants; Health effects; Marine fish oil; Mercury; Methylmercury; Risks

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; FISH OIL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD SAFETY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCAPSULE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 77349111511     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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