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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2013 Oct;168(4):4439-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.153. Epub 2013 Jul 26.

Effect of low doses of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on sleep-time heart rate variability: a randomized, controlled trial

Wendy L Hall  1 , Georgia Hay, Zoitsa Maniou, Paul T Seed, Philip J Chowienczyk, Thomas A B Sanders
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of low doses of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on sleep-time heart rate variability: a randomized, controlled trial

Wendy L Hall et al. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Electrophysiology; Heart rate variability; Nutrition; Randomized controlled trial; n-3 PUFA.

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Consort diagram of the flow of participants throughout the study and HRV data analysis.
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