Fish consumption and the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in the German arm of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Germany)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1118-1125

  Kühn, Tilman ^a   Teucher, Birgit ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^b   Weikert, Cornelia ^b   Buijsse, Brian ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

CVD; Fish consumption; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84883392845     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513000202     Document Type: Article

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