Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Fish in Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease (FISH) Survey—Primary Care Physicians and ω3 Fatty Acid Prescribing Behaviors

Robert C. Oh, Shirley A. A. Beresford and William E. Lafferty
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2006, 19 (5) 459-467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.5.459

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