Very long chain N-3 fatty acids intake and carotid atherosclerosis: An epidemiological study evaluated by ultrasonography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-149

  Hino, Asuka ^a   Adachi, Hisashi ^a   Toyomasu, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Noriko ^a   Enomoto, Mika ^a   Hiratsuka, Akiko ^a   Hirai, Yuji ^a   Satoh, Akira ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Diet; Epidemiology; N 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHELLFISH;

EID: 4043094921     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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