Red blood cell δ 15N: A novel biomarker of dietary eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid intake

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 913-919

  O'Brien, Diane M ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^b   Alyssa Jeannet, M ^a   Wilkinson, Michael J ^a   Bersamin, Andrea ^a   Luick, Bret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; NITROGEN 15;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449194214     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27054     Document Type: Article

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