A soil ingestion pilot study of a population following a traditional lifestyle typical of rural or wilderness areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-120

  Doyle, J R ^a   Blais, J M ^a   Holmes, R D ^b   White, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Indigenous people; Mass balance estimates; Risk assessment; Soil ingestion; Soil tracers

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTAMINATED SITES; DIRECT CONTACT; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INGESTION RATE; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; NORTH AMERICAN; PILOT STUDIES; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGULATORY AGENCIES; REGULATORY GUIDELINES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBURBAN AREAS; TRACER METHODS;

ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM; LANTHANUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INGESTION RATE; LIFESTYLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; WILDERNESS AREA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORTH AMERICA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL INGESTION; WATER SAMPLING; WILDERNESS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; PICA; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; WILDERNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84859769777     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.043     Document Type: Article

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