Dietary exposure of PBDEs resulting from a subsistence diet in three First Nation communities in the James Bay Region of Canada

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-636

  Liberda, Eric N ^a,b   Wainman, Bruce C ^c   LeBlanc, Alain ^d   Dumas, Pierre ^d   Martin, Ian ^a,e   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^e Ian Martin Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Diet; First Nations; PBDE; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ETHERS; FISH; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ABORIGINAL; FIRST NATIONS; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SUBSISTENCE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BDE 100; BDE 153; BDE 47; BDE 99; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PBDE; PERSISTENCE; SUBSISTENCE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WILD ANIMAL;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS; JAMES BAY; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79951553308     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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