Relationship between fish intake, n-3 fatty acids, mercury and risk markers of CHD (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1261-1269

  Smith, Kimberly M ^a,b   Barraj, Leila M ^b   Kantor, Mark ^a   Sahyoun, Nadine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary heart disease; Dietary exposure; Fish; Mercury; NHANES

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749104727     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003844     Document Type: Article

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