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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 539426, 16 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/539426
Review Article

Health Implications of High Dietary Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

E. Patterson,1,2 R. Wall,1,2 G. F. Fitzgerald,1,3 R. P. Ross,1,2 and C. Stanton1,2

1Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Biosciences Institute, County Cork, Ireland
2Teagasc Food Research Centre, Biosciences Department, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
3Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Received 28 July 2011; Revised 17 November 2011; Accepted 20 November 2011

Academic Editor: Rémy Meier

Copyright © 2012 E. Patterson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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