Fish intake, mercury, long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of stroke in northern Sweden

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1038-1045

  Wennberg, Maria ^a,b   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^b   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^b   Hallmans, Göran ^b   Lundh, Thomas ^c   Skerfving, Staffan ^c   Strömberg, Ulf ^c   Vessby, Bengt ^d   Jansson, Jan Håkan ^a,b  

^a Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish intake; Methyl mercury; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MERCURY; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 35148819155     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507756519     Document Type: Article

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