Identification of environmental sources of lead exposure in Nunavut (Canada) using stable isotope analyses

Environment International

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Fillion, Myriam ^a   Blais, Jules M ^a   Yumvihoze, Emmanuel ^a   Nakajima, Maya ^b   Workman, Peter ^b   Osborne, Geraldine ^b   Chan, Hing Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Dust; Environment; Exposure; Inuit; Lead

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; BLOOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DUST; HOUSES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PAINT; VACUUM;

BLOOD LEAD LEVEL (BLLS); ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; INUIT; POTENTIAL SOURCES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

POLLUTION;

LEAD; PAINT; TAP WATER;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLET; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

BLOOD; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; INUIT; LEAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INUITS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUNAVUT; PAINT; PREGNANCY; SOIL;

EID: 84903184654     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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