The effects of fish or fish oil on the omega-3 index

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Brazionis, Laima ^a,b   Ting, Eugene ^b   Itsiopoulos, Catherine ^b,c   Wilson, Andrew ^b   Hodge, Allison ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Fish; Long chain omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid; Omega 3 index; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857588454     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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