Serum long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, methylmercury and blood pressure in an older population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1000-1004

  Virtanen, Jyrki K ^a   Nyantika, Asenath N ^a,b   Kauhanen, Jussi ^a   Voutilainen, Sari ^a   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b University of Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cross sectional study; fatty acids; fish; mercury

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84867208656     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.80     Document Type: Article

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