Circulating metals and persistent organic pollutant concentrations in Canadian and non-Canadian born primiparous women from five Canadian centres: Results of a pilot biomonitoring study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 326-336

  Foster, Warren G ^a   Cheung, Anthony P ^b   Davis, Karelyn ^c   Graves, Gillian ^d   Jarrell, John ^e   Leblanc, Alain ^f   Liang, Chun Lei ^c   Leech, Tara ^c   Walker, Mark ^g   Weber, Jean Philippe ^f   Van Oostdam, Jay ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Exposure; Metals; Persistent organic pollutants; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORING STUDIES; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS INDEX; CALGARY; COVARIATES; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE DATA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALIFAX; HAMILTONS; HEXACHLOROHEXANES; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; OXYCHLORDANE; PCB CONGENERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RESIDUE LEVEL; TOTAL MERCURIES; WHOLE BLOOD;

CADMIUM; COBALT; ETHYLENE; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; COBALT; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHLORDAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METALS, HEAVY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALBERTA; AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALGARY; CANADA; HALIFAX; HAMILTON [VICTORIA]; NOVA SCOTIA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA; VANCOUVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84864424001     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.070     Document Type: Article

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