A Systemic Review of the Roles of n-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease

2009/03/27 by Natalie D. Riediger, Rgia A. Othman, Miyoung Suh +1 · 693 citations
Medicine · Nursing · #Biochemistry #Biology #Diet and metabolism studies #Diet, Metabolism, and Disease #Disease #Docosahexaenoic acid #Eicosapentaenoic acid #Environmental health #Fatty Acid Research and Health #Fatty acid #Internal medicine #Medicine #Polyunsaturated fatty acid #Population

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jada.2008.12.022

published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association 109(4), 668-679 (Elsevier BV)

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