Abandoned Mid-Canada Radar Line sites in the Western James region of Northern Ontario, Canada: A source of organochlorines for First Nations people?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 452-466

  Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a   Wainman, Bruce C ^b   Martin, Ian D ^c   Weber, Jean Philippe ^d   Sutherland, Celine ^e   Nieboer, Evert ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ian Martin Consultants   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e Peetabeck Health Services   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body burden; First Nations; Mid Canada Radar Line; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

BODY BURDEN; FIRST NATIONS; MID-CANADA RADAR LINE; ORGANOCHLORINES;

CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; PESTICIDES; PLASMAS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DDE; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL POLLUTION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MAMMALS; ONTARIO;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33749252986     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.033     Document Type: Article

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