Open AccessFish intake and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2 large US cohorts
Author(s) -
Raphaëlle Varraso,
R. Graham Barr,
Walter C. Willett,
Frank E. Speizer,
Carlos A. Camargo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.114.094516
Subject(s) - pulmonary disease , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine , cardiology , environmental health , biology , fishery
Despite mechanistic data that linked fish and omega-3 (n-3) PUFAs with lower risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), epidemiologic data remain scarce. Fish and n-3 PUFAs are an important component of the prudent dietary pattern that is thought to be protective in the onset of COPD.
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