Low-n-6 and low-n-6 plus high-n-3 diets for use in clinical research

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-568

  Macintosh, Beth A ^a   Ramsden, Christopher E ^b   Faurot, Keturah R ^a,c   Zamora, Daisy ^c   Mangan, Margaret ^d   Hibbeln, Joseph R ^b   Douglas Mann, J ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary interventions; Headache; n 3 Fatty acids; n 6 Fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873695766     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512005181     Document Type: Article

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