Dietary exposure of PBDEs resulting from a subsistence diet in three First Nation communities in the James Bay Region of Canada

Background: Concerns regarding the persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and adverse health effects of polybrominated dipheyl ethers (PBDEs) have recently come to light. PBDEs may potentially be of concern to indigenous (First Nations) people of Canada who subsist on traditional foods,...

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Main Authors: Eric N. Liberda, Bruce C. Wainman, Alain LeBlanc, Pierre Dumas, Ian Martin, Leonard J.S. Tsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201100002X