The best of two worlds: how the Greenland Board of Nutrition has handled conflicting evidence about diet and health

The traditional diet in Greenland consists to a large extent of meat and organs of seal and other marine mammals, which is polluted by POPs and mercury. These substances are present in the blood of Greenlanders in concentrations well above international guidelines, and as these contaminants are susp...

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Main Authors: Peter Bjerregaard, Gert Mulvad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-07-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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Online Access:http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18588/pdf_1