Determinants of AhR-mediated transcriptional activity induced by plasma extracts from Nunavik Inuit adults

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Medehouenou, Thierry C M ^a   Larochelle, Christian ^a   Dumas, Pierre ^b   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

AhR reporter gene assay; Dioxin like compounds; Inuit; Nunavik; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; LINEAR REGRESSION; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIES; INUIT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUNAVIK; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; LIPID; LUCIFERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ASSAY; DIOXIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE; PLASMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CANADA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77952886949     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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