Erratum: Dietary intake and status of n–3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in a population of fish-eating and non-fish-eating meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans and the precursor-product ratio of α-linolenic acid to long-chain n–3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: results from the EPIC-Norfolk cohort (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010) 92(5) (1040–1051), (S000291652312911X), (10.3945/ajcn.2010.29457));Dietary intake and status of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in a population of fish-eating and non-fish-eating meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans and the precursor-product ratio of α-linolenic acid to long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: Results from the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1040-1051

  Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Shakya Shrestha, Subodha ^b   Lentjes, Marleen A H ^b   Wareham, Nicholas J ^c   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; AGED; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78149265344     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.011346     Document Type: Erratum

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