High blood cadmium levels are not associated with consumption of traditional food among the inuit of nunavik

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-14

  Rey, Maritza ^a   Turcotte, Fernand ^b   Lapointe, Claude ^b   Dewailly, Eric ^b,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Institut National de Santé Publique de Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD; SMOKING; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030954269     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984007     Document Type: Article

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