Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 280-287 , May 2007

Decrease in blood triglycerides associated with the consumption of eggs of hens fed with food supplemented with fish oil

  • Pascal Bovet

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Victoria, Seychelles
    • University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unit for Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Victoria, Seychelles. Tel.: +248 388 000.
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  • David Faeh

      Affiliations

    • University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Department of Physiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • George Madeleine

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Victoria, Seychelles
    • ,
  • Bharathi Viswanathan

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Victoria, Seychelles
    • ,
  • Fred Paccaud

      Affiliations

    • University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Received 1 September 2005 ,Revised 14 November 2005 ,Accepted 6 December 2005.

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PII: S0939-4753(06)00021-4

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.12.010

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 280-287 , May 2007

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