Associations between plasma persistent organic pollutant levels and blood pressure in Inuit adults from Nunavik

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-289

  Valera, Beatriz ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b,c   Poirier, Paul ^c,d   Dewailly, Éric ^a,c  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Inuit; Nunavik; Organochlorine (OC) pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOGISTICS; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; PLASMAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SURVEYS;

INUIT; NUNAVIK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LEAD; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDE; DDT; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HCH; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84880580654     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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