Association of serum n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with C-reactive protein in men

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 736-741

  Reinders, I ^a   Virtanen, J K ^b   Brouwer, I A ^a   Tuomainen, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; cardiovascular diseases; inflammation; mercury; polyunsaturated fatty acids; prospective study

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FINLAND; FISH OILS; HAIR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84862180529     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.195     Document Type: Article

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