Effect of dietary calcium intake on lead exposure in Inuit children attending childcare centres in Nunavik

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 482-495

  O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon ^a   Gagné, Doris ^a   Vaissière, Émilie ^a   Blanchet, Rosanne ^a   Lauzière, Julie ^a   Vézina, Carole ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Canada; Inuit; Lead; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM INTAKE; LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INUIT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; LEAD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUEBEC;

EID: 84905562699     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.865714     Document Type: Article

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