Assessment of consumption of marine food in Greenland by a food frequency questionnaire and biomarkers

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jeppesen, Charlotte ^a   Jørgensen, Marit Eika ^b   Bjerregaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agreement; Biomarkers; Fatty acids; Food frequency questionnaire; Inuit; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84872895203     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18361     Document Type: Article

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