Stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios indicate traditional and market food intake in an indigenous circumpolar population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-90

  Nash, Sarah H ^a   Bersamin, Andrea ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^b   Hopkins, Scarlett E ^a   Church, Rebecca S ^a   Pasker, Renee L ^a   Luick, Bret R ^a   Mohatt, Gerald V ^a   Boyer, Bert B ^a   O'brien, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ERYTHROCYTE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; FISH; FISH MEAT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MARKET FOOD INTAKE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEX; SUGARCANE; TRADITIONAL FOOD INTAKE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HUMANS; INUITS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

MAMMALIA; SACCHARUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855565276     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.147595     Document Type: Article

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