Fish consumption and myocardial infarction: a second prospective biomarker study from northern Sweden
Author(s) -
Maria Wennberg,
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Göran Hallmans,
Margareta Norberg,
Thomas Lundh,
Staffan Skerfving,
Ulf Strömberg,
Bengt Vessby,
JanHåkan Jansson
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.29408
Subject(s) - fish consumption , biomarker , myocardial infarction , fish <actinopterygii> , prospective cohort study , medicine , environmental health , cardiology , fishery , biology , biochemistry
A beneficial role of fish consumption on the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) has been reported and is mostly ascribed to n-3 (omega-3) fatty acids. However, fish also contains methylmercury, which may increase the risk of MI.
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