Mercury hair concentrations and dietary exposure among Inuit preschool children in Nunavut, Canada

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-48

  Tian, Wenjing ^a   Egeland, Grace M ^b   Sobol, Isaac ^c   Chan, Hing Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body burden; Dietary exposure; Inuit children; Mercury; Nunavut

Indexed keywords

MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; SURVEYS;

BODY BURDEN; DIETARY EXPOSURE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INUIT CHILDREN; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; NUNAVUT; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ESKIMO; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

MONODON; PHOCA HISPIDA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 78349305439     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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