Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 10 , Pages 1010-1017 , October 2005

Apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells induced by eicosapentaenoic acid

Received 21 September 2004 ,Accepted 3 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.12.013

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 10 , Pages 1010-1017 , October 2005

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