Population surveys in Greenland 1993-2009: Temporal trend of PCBs and pesticides in the general Inuit population by age and urbanisation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-288

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^b   Nielsen, Nina O ^a   Dewailly, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greenland; Inuit; PCB; Pesticides; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; GREENLAND; INUIT; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

IMPURITIES; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RURAL AREAS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBANIZATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875841731     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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