Blood levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids and the risk of sudden death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1113-1118

  Albert, Christine M ^a   Campos, Hannia ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^b   Manson, Joann E ^c   Willett, Walter C ^c   Jing, Ma ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOLLOW UP; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037061915     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012918     Document Type: Article

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