Translating plasma and whole blood fatty acid compositional data into the sum of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid in erythrocytes

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Stark, Ken D ^a   Aristizabal Henao, Juan J ^a   Metherel, Adam H ^a   Pilote, Louise ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Erythrocyte; Plasma; Translation; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954475798     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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