Impact of mercury exposure on blood pressure and cardiac autonomic activity among Cree adults (James Bay, Quebec, Canada)

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1265-1270

  Valera, B ^a   Dewailly, E ^a,b   Poirier, P ^b,c  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cree; Heart rate variability; Mercury; N 3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FISH; GEOMETRY; HAIR; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELENIUM;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR LEVEL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MERCURY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 80755190002     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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