Australian food sources and intakes of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 346-355

  Ollis, Tennille E ^b   Meyer, Barbara J ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fish oil; Food sources; Omega 3; Omega 6; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 85000257638     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012803     Document Type: Article

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