Breathing easier with fish oil - A new approach to preventing asthma?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 2596-2598

  Ramsden, Christopher E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECZEMA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK REDUCTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEEZING; BREATHING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT;

ASTHMA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FISH OILS; HUMANS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 85007386807     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1611723     Document Type: Article

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