Testing the acceptability of liquid fish oil in older adults

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-179

  Yaxley, Alison ^a   Miller, Michelle D ^a   Fraser, Robert J ^a   Cobiac, Lynne ^a   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Adverse effects; Fish oils; Older adults; Taste

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TASTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANT OILS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASTE;

EID: 80051924759     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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