Polyunsaturated fatty acids and calcaneal ultrasound parameters among Inuit women from Nuuk (Greenland): A longitudinal study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Paunescu, Alexandra Cristina ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Dodin, Sylvie ^a   Pedersen, Henning S ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d,e   Côté, Suzanne ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Dronning Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^d Queen Ingrid's Hospital   (Greenland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Calcaneal ultrasound parameters; Greenland; Inuit women; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BLOOD; BONE; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INUIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE AND BONES; CALCANEUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISHES; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878777499     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20988     Document Type: Article

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