Environmental contaminants and redox status of coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E in Inuit from Nunavik

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 927-933

  Bélanger, Marie Claire ^a   Mirault, Marc Édouard ^a,b   Dewailly, Eric ^a,b   Berthiaume, Line ^a   Julien, Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CANADA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 44949110313     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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