Exposure of a Cree Population Living near Mine Tailings in Northern Quebec (Canada) to Metals and Metalloids

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 732-741

  Bussières, Dominique ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Nieboer, Evert ^b,c   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Côté, Suzanne ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Cree population; Exposure; Mine residues and metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GOLD; LEAD; METAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33745276800     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409602960     Document Type: Article

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