1. Future human health research directions for the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program.
- Author
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Donaldson SG, Curren MS, Adlard B, Provost J, Leech T, Tikhonov C, Feeley M, Tomlinson S, and Shearer R
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- Arctic Regions, Biomedical Research methods, Biomedical Research standards, Canada, Diet statistics & numerical data, Ecosystem, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollutants analysis, Environmental Pollution adverse effects, Environmental Pollution analysis, Humans, Indians, North American, Inuit, Metals, Heavy adverse effects, Metals, Heavy analysis, Metals, Heavy metabolism, Organic Chemicals adverse effects, Organic Chemicals analysis, Organic Chemicals metabolism, Risk Assessment, Biomedical Research organization & administration, Diet adverse effects, Environmental Pollutants adverse effects, Environmental Pollution prevention & control, Food Chain
- Abstract
Studies conducted in the mid-1980s and early 1990s demonstrated that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals were reaching the Arctic ecosystem at unexpectedly high levels, many of which had no Arctic or Canadian sources. Epidemiological and toxicological studies in Canada and in other countries have found that these contaminants may pose a risk to human health. The objective of this paper is to provide the foundation for the discussion on future northern human health research under the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) in Canada. This short discussion of human health priorities will help guide a path forward for future northern human health research in Canada to address on-going and new health concerns related to contaminants exposure in the Canadian Arctic.
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- 2013
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