Association between methylmercury and cardiovascular risk factors in a native population of Quebec (Canada): A retrospective evaluation

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-108

  Valera, Beatriz ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b   Poirier, Paul ^b,c  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Inuit; Methylmercury; N 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs); Nunavik

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LEAD; LIPID; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FISH; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; METHYLMERCURY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871695783     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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