Food intake and serum persistent organic pollutants in the Greenlandic pregnant women: The ACCEPT sub-study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-212

  Long, Manhai ^a   Knudsen, Ane Kersti Skaarup ^a   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^b   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva Cecilie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Diet; Greenland; Lifestyle; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

GREENLAND; LIFESTYLE; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PREGNANT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLEXANE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; SERUM; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOOD INTAKE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEABIRD; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; BLOOD; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GREENLAND; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84929590165     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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