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n-3 Fatty acid metabolism in women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

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, [email protected]
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, [email protected]
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, [email protected]
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, [email protected]
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Type
Nutrition Discussion Forum
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

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