Consumption of tomato products is associated with lower blood mercury levels in Inuit preschool children

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 404-410

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Canada; Inuit; Mercury; Preschool children; Tomato products

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CARIBOU MEAT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; ESKIMO; FISH MEAT; FOOD; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEAL; SEAL MEAT; TOMATO PRODUCT;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MERCURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SEALS, EARLESS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ODOBENIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 84869144708     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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