Impact of adopting a vegan diet or an olestra supplementation on plasma organochlorine concentrations: Results from two pilot studies

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1433-1441

  Arguin, Hélène ^a   Sánchez, Marina ^a   Bray, George A ^b   Lovejoy, Jennifer C ^c   Peters, John C ^d   Jandacek, Ronald J ^e   Chaput, Jean Philippe ^f   Tremblay, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Free and Clear Inc   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body fat; Pesticides; Pollutants; Restrictive diets

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; AROCLOR 1260; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SUCROSE POLYESTER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; OMNIVORE; PILOT STUDY; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SUCROSE;

EID: 77953063937     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450999331X     Document Type: Article

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