Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation appears to attenuate particulate air pollution-induced cardiac effects and lipid changes in healthy middle-aged adults

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 952-957

  Tong, Haiyan ^a   Rappold, Ana G ^a   Diaz Sanchez, David ^a   Steck, Susan E ^b   Berntsen, Jon ^c   Cascio, Wayne E ^a   Devlin, Robert B ^a   Samet, James M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac effect; Controlled exposure; Lipid change; Middle aged healthy human volunteers; Omega 3 fatty acid; Particulate matter air pollution

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84864131959     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104472     Document Type: Article

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