Fish, omega-3 fatty acids and heart disease

Improving Seafood Products for the Consumer

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 165-181

  Brouwer, I A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84860542863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845694586.2.165     Document Type: Chapter

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