Changes in fish consumption in midlife and the risk of coronary heart disease in men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-391

  Lajous, Martin ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a   Robins, James ^a   Young, Jessica G ^a   Rimm, Eric ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a   Hernán, Miguel A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

causal inference; causal model; cohort; coronary artery disease; diet; intervention; lifestyle

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CAUSAL INFERENCE; CAUSAL MODEL; COHORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; INTERVENTION; LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881175717     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws478     Document Type: Article

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