Traditional and modern Greenlandic food - Dietary composition, nutrients and contaminants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 106-119

  Deutch, Bente ^a   Dyerberg, Jørn ^b   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^a,c   Aschlund, Ejner ^a   Hansen, Jens C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Capio Diagnostic as   (Denmark)

^c Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Fatty acids and nutrients; Greenland; Traditional and modern food

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS;

GREENLAND; TRADITIONAL AND MODERN FOOD;

NUTRIENTS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; IODINE; IRON; LIPID; MINERAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICAL LOAD; DIABETES; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FATTY ACID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON INTAKE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; IGDSLORSUIT; NARSAQ; UUMMANNAQ;

EID: 34548036929     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.042     Document Type: Article

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