A methodology for evaluating the influence of diets and intergenerational dietary transitions on historic and future human exposure to persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic

Environment International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-91

  Quinn, Cristina L ^a   Armitage, James M ^a,b   Breivik, Knut ^c,d   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic environment; Dietary transition; Human exposure; Organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION MODELS; BIOMONITORING; BODY BURDEN; DIETARY TRANSITION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MODEL RESULTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RINGED SEALS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME POINTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOMONITORING; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84866140439     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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