A risk-benefit analysis of French high fish consumption: A QALY approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Guevel, Marie Renée ^a,b   Sirot, Véronique ^a,c   Volatier, Jean Luc ^d   Leblanc, Jean Charles ^a  

^a French Food Safety Agency

^b Laboratoire de Mathematiques Appliquees   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Methylmercury; N 3 PUFAs; QALY; Risk benefit

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; RISK ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

FISH CONSUMPTION; METHYLMERCURY;

FISH;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; MODELING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MEAT; MERCURY POISONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

EID: 39849102621     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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