Omega-3 fatty acid supply from milk associates with lower type 2 diabetes in men and coronary heart disease in women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 630-634

  Thorsdottir, Inga ^a   Hill, Jeremy ^b   Ramel, Alfons ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cow's milk; Heart disease; Nordic countries; Omega 3 fatty acids; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MILK; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILK; NORWAY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 4143074681     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.031     Document Type: Article

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