Body burden of metals and persistent organic pollutants among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-40

  Laird, Brian D ^a   Goncharov, Alexey B ^b   Chan, Hing Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Child bearing age; Contaminant; Guideline; Trigger; Women

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

CHILD-BEARING AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; GUIDELINE; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); TRIGGER; WOMEN; WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LEAD; METAL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; GUIDELINE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84879439334     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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