TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kiefte-de Jong, Jessica
AU2 - Chowdhury, Rajiv
AU3 - Franco, Oscar
AB - Eur J Epidemiol (2012) 27:891–894 DOI 10.1007/s10654-012-9757-8 COMMENTARY Fish intake or omega-3 fatty acids: greater than the sum of all parts? • • Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong Rajiv Chowdhury Oscar H. Franco Received: 29 November 2012 / Accepted: 16 December 2012 / Published online: 3 January 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of while the contribution of fatty fish to the total fish con- disability and mortality worldwide [1–4]. Several risk sumption is greater in the coastal areas of northern Europe factors of CVD have been identified previously and mul- (e.g. Denmark, Sweden) and Germany than in central and tiple efforts have been devoted towards identifying ade- southern Europe [18]. Likewise, within Europe, levels of quate interventions [5–13]. In this regard, the potential CVD show a geographical pattern [1, 19] –to some extent- beneficial effects of fish intake on cardiovascular health are comparable to the distribution of levels of fish consump- a longstanding issue. tion. DALY’s lost per 100,000 due to cardiovascular Some of the first answers on this topic came from eco- morbidity are remarkably higher in Germany and UK than logical studies: in the 1980s, a study comparing farmers Northern 
TI - Fish intake or omega-3 fatty acids: greater than the sum of all parts?
JF - European Journal of Epidemiology
DO - 10.1007/s10654-012-9757-8
DA - 2013-01-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/fish-intake-or-omega-3-fatty-acids-greater-than-the-sum-of-all-parts-ue6sHEmiTE
SP - 891
EP - 894
VL - 27
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -