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n-3 Fatty acid metabolism in women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Robert Pawlosky ,
Joseph Hibbeln ,
Yuhong Lin  and
Norman Salem Jr
Robert Pawlosky
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, NIH, Room 116, 12420 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852, USAbpawlosky@dicbr.niaaa.nih.gov
Joseph Hibbeln
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, NIH, Room 116, 12420 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852, USAbpawlosky@dicbr.niaaa.nih.gov
Yuhong Lin
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, NIH, Room 116, 12420 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852, USAbpawlosky@dicbr.niaaa.nih.gov
Norman Salem Jr
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, NIH, Room 116, 12420 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852, USAbpawlosky@dicbr.niaaa.nih.gov
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Nutrition Discussion Forum
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , November 2003 , pp. 993 - 994
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

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