Selenium status in Greenland Inuit

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Hansen, Jens C ^a   Deutch, Bente ^a   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Greenland; Local diet; Selenium

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOOD; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS;

BLOOD CONCENTRATION; TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS; WHALES;

SELENIUM;

SELENIUM; FATTY ACID;

CULTURAL CHANGE; DIET; FATTY ACID; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; WHALE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; ESKIMO; GREENLAND; MIDDLE AGED;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CETACEA; PHOCIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; WHALES;

EID: 5044243992     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.037     Document Type: Article

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