Re-evaluation of blood mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations in the Inuit population of Nunavik (Québec): A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fontaine, Julie ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Benedetti, Jean Louis ^b   Pereg, Daria ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a   Déry, Serge ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c Regional Board of Health and Social Services of Nunavik   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESKIMO; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT;

MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INUITS; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SMOKING;

EID: 46149087522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-25     Document Type: Article

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