Oily Fish Intake and Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Atahualpa Project

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 82-86

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b,f   Mera, Robertino M ^c   Gillman, Jennifer ^d   Zambrano, Mauricio ^e   Ha, Jung eun ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e The Atahualpa Project ^*  (Ecuador)

^f Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Ecuador; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Oily fish; Omega 3; Population based study

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; ECUADOR; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84954363796     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0070-9     Document Type: Article

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