α-linolenic acid (omega 3) and heart disease - references

α-linolenic acid and reduction of cardiac deaths
StephenC Cunnane a b, Dennis McIntosh a b, Peter Marckmann c d, Jo̸rgen Jespersen c d
The Lancet, Volume 344, Issue 8922, Page 622, 27 August 1994

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a Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada

b Omega Research, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada

c Research Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark

d Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre, Esbjerg, Denmark