Fish consumption is a safe solution to increase the intake of long-chain n-3 fatty acids

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1107-1116

  Sioen, Isabelle ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,b   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Verdonck, Frederik ^a,c   Willems, Jan L ^a   Van Camp, John ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dietary recommendations; Dioxin like compounds; Fish consumption; Methylmercury; n 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HERRING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MARGARINE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52449125649     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001450     Document Type: Article

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