Fish consumption is associated with lower heart rates

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 820-825

  Dallongeville, Jean ^a   Yarnell, John ^b   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c   Arveiler, Dominique ^d   Ferfières, Jean ^e   Montaye, Michèle ^a   Luc, Gérald ^c   Evans, Aluns ^b   Bingham, Annie ^c   Hass, Bernadette ^d   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^e   Amouyel, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^d Lab d'Epidemiol et de S Pub   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Fatty acids; Heart rate; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0042433551     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000084542.64687.97     Document Type: Article

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