Erratum: Exposure to toxic metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in young inuit children from nunavik (Canada) (Environmental Science & Technology (2012) 46 (4614-4623) DOI: 10.1021/es203622v));Exposure to toxic metals and persistent organic pollutants in inuit children attending childcare centers in Nunavik, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4614-4623

  Turgeon O'Brien, Huguette ^a   Blanchet, Rosanne ^a   Gagné, Doris ^a   Lauzière, Julie ^a   Vézina, Carole ^a   Vaissière, Émilie ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^b   Déry, Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; LEAD; MERCURY; OXYCHLORDANE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CANADA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84859824036     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3024995     Document Type: Erratum

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