Determinants of plasma concentrations of perfluorooctanesulfonate and brominated organic compounds in Nunavik Inuit adults (Canada)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5130-5136

  Dallaire, Renée ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a   Pereg, Daria ^a   Déry, Serge ^b   Dumas, Pierre ^c   Langlois, Éric ^c   Dewailly, Éric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE MAMMALS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASMAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

BROMINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD WEB; LIFESTYLE; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASMA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67649980742     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9001604     Document Type: Article

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