Investigating the effects of arctic dietary intake on lung health

• Main Authors: Baines, K. J., Backer, V., Gibson, P. G., Powell, H., Porsbjerg, C. M.
• Other Authors: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health & Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
• Subjects: lung health; diet; Greenland Inuit; Denmark; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Arctic marine mammals; greenlandic; inuit; Uummannaq
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1339696

Background/Objective:Preservation of lung health requires understanding the modifiable risk factors of airflow limitation. This study investigates the association between diet and lung function in a population of Greenland Inuit residing in the Arctic (Greenland) or Western Europe (Denmark). Subject...