Association between environmental contaminants and health outcomes in indigenous populations of the Circumpolar North

Background: Since the 1990s, research has been carried out to monitor environmental contaminants and their effects on human health in the Arctic. Although evidence shows that Arctic indigenous peoples are exposed to higher levels of contaminants and do worse on several dimensions of health compared...

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Main Authors: Kavita Singh, Peter Bjerregaard, Hing Man Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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Online Access:http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/25808/pdf_1