Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review

Hooper, Lee; Thompson, Rachel; Harrison, Roger; Summerbell, Carolyn; Ness, Andy; Moore, Helen; V Worthington, Helen; N. Durrington, Paul; P. T. Higgins, Julian; Capps, Nigel; A. Riemersma, Rudolph; Ebrahim, Shah; Davey Smith, George

doi:10.1136/bmj.38755.366331.2f

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Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review

Published in BMJ • Mar 24, 2006

Authors:

Lee Hooper

Rachel Thompson

Roger Harrison

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To review systematically the evidence for an effect of long chain and shorter chain omega 3 fatty acids on total mortality, cardiovascular events, and cancer. DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases searched to February 2002; authors contacted and bibliographies of randomised controlled trials...

Subject

Medicine

Confidence interval

Internal medicine

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