Dietary advice on inuit traditional food use needs to balance benefits and risks of mercury, selenium, and n3 fatty acids

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 923-930

  Laird, Brian D ^a,c   Goncharov, Alexey B ^a   Egeland, Grace M ^b   Chan, Hing Man ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESKIMO; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INUITS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM;

EID: 84878234135     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.173351     Document Type: Article

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