Fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality in Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 999-1006

  Oomen, Claudia M ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Räsänen, Leena ^c   Fidanza, Flaminio ^d   Nissinen, Aulikki M ^e   Menotti, Alessandro ^a,f   Kok, Frans J ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Diet; Fatty acids, unsaturated; Fishes; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FINLAND; FISH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FINLAND; ITALY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0034656922     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010144     Document Type: Article

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