Are omega-3 fatty acids the most important nutritional modulators of coronary heart disease risk?

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Harris, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGAVEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; EMULSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9744271624     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-004-0085-7     Document Type: Review

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