Is marine mammal fat or fish intake most strongly associated with omega-3 blood levels among the Nunavik Inuit?

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Lucas, M ^a   Proust, F ^a   Blanchet, C ^b   Ferland, A ^a   Dery S ^c   Abdous, B ^a,d   Dewailly, E ^a,d  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b National Institute of Quebec Public Health   (Canada)

^c Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Fish; Inuit; Marine mammals; Omega 3 fatty acids; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESKIMO; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; EATING; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; HUMANS; INUITS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956482180     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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