Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and risk of hypertension among Inuit from Greenland

Environmental Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-73

  Valera, Beatriz ^a   Jørgensen, Marit E ^a,b   Jeppesen, Charlotte ^a,c   Bjerregaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Inuit; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VILLAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENLAND; HYPERTENSION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INUITS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SELENIUM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875083896     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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