Harmful, harmless or helpful? the n-6 fatty acid debate goes on

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-114

  Calder, Philip C ^a   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID OXIDATION; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN DIET;

FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS;

EID: 79952020794     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328343d895     Document Type: Editorial

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