Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 83, Issue 3 , Pages 143-150 , September 2010

Is marine mammal fat or fish intake most strongly associated with omega-3 blood levels among the Nunavik Inuit?

  • M. Lucas

      Affiliations

    • Axe Santé des Populations et Environnement, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL-CHUQ), Delta Building #2 – Office 600, 2875 Laurier Blvd., 6th Floor, Que., Canada G1V 2M2
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +14185254444x46512; fax: +14186542726.
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  • F. Proust

      Affiliations

    • Axe Santé des Populations et Environnement, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL-CHUQ), Delta Building #2 – Office 600, 2875 Laurier Blvd., 6th Floor, Que., Canada G1V 2M2
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  • C. Blanchet

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Quebec Public Health, Que., Canada
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  • A. Ferland

      Affiliations

    • Axe Santé des Populations et Environnement, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL-CHUQ), Delta Building #2 – Office 600, 2875 Laurier Blvd., 6th Floor, Que., Canada G1V 2M2
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  • S. Déry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Que., Canada
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  • B. Abdous

      Affiliations

    • Axe Santé des Populations et Environnement, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL-CHUQ), Delta Building #2 – Office 600, 2875 Laurier Blvd., 6th Floor, Que., Canada G1V 2M2
    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University (BA, ÉD), Que., Canada
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  • É. Dewailly

      Affiliations

    • Axe Santé des Populations et Environnement, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL-CHUQ), Delta Building #2 – Office 600, 2875 Laurier Blvd., 6th Floor, Que., Canada G1V 2M2
    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University (BA, ÉD), Que., Canada

Received 10 May 2010 ,Revised 11 June 2010 ,Accepted 24 June 2010.

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☆ Supported by the Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada (ArcticNet), the Nasivvik ACADRE Inuit Centre and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). A. Ferland is a Canadian Diabetes Association postdoctoral fellow.

PII: S0952-3278(10)00115-8

doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.06.006

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 83, Issue 3 , Pages 143-150 , September 2010

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