Are fish eaters healthier and do they consume less health-care resources?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Hostenkamp, Gisela ^a   Søsrensen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Fish consumption; Health care costs; Resource utilisation; Self reported general health status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951212282     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991327     Document Type: Article

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