Environment and contaminants in traditional food systems of northern indigenous peoples

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue , 2000, Pages 595-626

  Kuhnlein, H V ^a   Chan, H M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefit risk considerations; Environmental contaminants; Food contaminants; Heavy metals; Organochlorines; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE;

BODY BURDEN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHLORDAN; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033830689     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.20.1.595     Document Type: Review

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