Fish consumption and mortality from all causes, ischemic heart disease, and stroke: An ecological study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 520-529

  Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Sasaki, Satoshi ^b   Amano, Keiko ^c   Kesteloot, Hugo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Fish consumption; Ischemic heart disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; FISH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STROKE;

EID: 0032787915     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0472     Document Type: Article

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