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Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

Drug safety, 2016-09, Vol.39 (9), p.787-799

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English

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Contents

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a preventable disease, which combines two general processes: chronic vascular inflammation and acute thrombosis. Both are amplified with positive feedback signals by n-6 eicosanoids derived from food-based n-6 highly unsaturated fatty acids (n-6 HUFA). This amplification is lessened by competing actions of n-3 HUFA....

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Benefit–Risk Assessment of Fish Oil in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4982891

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4982891

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ISSN

0114-5916

E-ISSN

1179-1942

DOI

10.1007/s40264-016-0438-5

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