American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 325-334.e6 , November 2005

A Quantitative Risk–Benefit Analysis of Changes in Population Fish Consumption

  • Joshua T. Cohen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health (Cohen, Gray), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Joshua T. Cohen, PhD, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, 718 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115
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  • David C. Bellinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital (Bellinger), Boston, Massachusetts
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  • William E. Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Oregon Health Sciences University (Connor), Portland, Oregon
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  • Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University (Kris-Etherton), University Park, Pennsylvania
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  • Robert S. Lawrence, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (Lawrence), Baltimore, Maryland
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  • David A. Savitz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina (Savitz), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Yale University (Shaywitz), New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Steven M. Teutsch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc. (Teutsch), West Point, Pennsylvania
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  • George M. Gray, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health (Cohen, Gray), Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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PII: S0749-3797(05)00253-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.07.003

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 325-334.e6 , November 2005

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