Increasing dietary fish intake has contributed to decreasing mortality from CHD among the older population in Hong Kong

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1248-1253

  Zhang, Xin Hua ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Heller, Richard F ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Dietary fish intake; Population impact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD;

EID: 69749093705     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003790     Document Type: Article

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