Fish consumption and risk of stroke and its subtypes: Accumulative evidence from a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1199-1207

  Xun, P ^a,b   Qin, B ^a   Song, Y ^c   Nakamura, Y ^d,e   Kurth, T ^c,f,g   Yaemsiri, S ^b   Djousse, L ^c   He, K ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

cohort studies; fish; meta analysis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIET; FISHES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; RISK; SEAFOOD; STROKE;

EID: 84868668531     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.133     Document Type: Article

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