Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7881, 2012, Pages

  Chowdhury, Rajiv ^a   Stevens, Sarah ^e   Gorman, Donal ^a   Pan, An ^b   Warnakula, Samantha ^a   Chowdhury, Susmita ^f   Ward, Heather ^d   Johnson, Laura ^a   Crowe, Francesca ^c   Hu, Frank B ^b   Franco, Oscar H ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Lea Valley Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

^f Public Health Genomics Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868315176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6698     Document Type: Article

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