Human exposure to contaminants in the traditional Greenland diet

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 189-206

  Johansen, Poul ^a   Muir, Derek ^b   Asmund, Gert ^a   Riget, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chlordane; Chlorobenzenes; Contaminants; Dichlorophenyltrichloroethane; Dieldrin; Hexachlorocyclohexanes; Human intake; Mercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Selenium; Toxaphene; Traditional diet

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SELENIUM; TISSUE;

CHLOROBENZENES (CBZS); KIDNEY; TOXAPHENE; WHALES;

CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; INSECTICIDE;

CADMIUM; CHLOROBENZENE; DIET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CRAB; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MUSCLE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; WHALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CRUSTACEA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOCA; POLLUTANT; SEA FOOD;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

AVES; CETACEA; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAMMALIA; MONODON MONOCEROS; PHOCIDAE; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAFOOD; SEALS, EARLESS; WHALES;

EID: 5044245447     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.029     Document Type: Article

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