PCBs and dioxin-like compounds in plasma of adult inuit living in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec)

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 5-7, 1997, Pages 1459-1468

  Ayotte, P ^a,b   Dewailly, E ^a,b   Ryan, J J ^c   Bruneau, S ^a   Lebel, G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; AGE; ARCTIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030895432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00442-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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