Omega-3 fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: The Singapore Chinese Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 520-526

  Brostow, Diana P ^a   Odegaard, Andrew O ^a   Koh, Woon Puay ^b   Duval, Sue ^a   Gross, Myron D ^a   Yuan, Jian Min ^a,c   Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

AGED; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79960871253     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.009357     Document Type: Article

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