Fish consumption and the 30-year risk of fatal myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1046-1053

  Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a   Orencia, Anthony J ^b   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a   Walsh, Molly K ^a   Morris, Douglas ^a   Shekelle, Richard B ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIET; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 0030899940     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704103361502     Document Type: Article

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