Fish consumption, brain mercury, and neuropathology in patients with Alzheimer disease and dementia

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 465-466

  Kröger, Edeltraut ^a,b   Laforce, Robert ^b,c  

^a Centre D Excellence Sur Le Vieillissement de Québec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FISH MEAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SEA FOOD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84964959015     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.0005     Document Type: Editorial

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