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Assessment of Dietary Exposure to Trace Metals in Baffin Inuit Food

1995

Chan, H.M., Kim, C., Khoday, K., Receveur, O., & Kuhnlein, H.V.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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The authors examine exposure to trace metals in the traditional food resources of Inuit living in Qikiqtarjuaq on Baffin Island and assess average daily intake levels of these metals in diets. They also review the nutritional benefits and potential health risks of traditional food items and discuss implications for monitoring metal contents of food, clinical symptoms, and food use.

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Assessment of Dietary Exposure to Trace Metals in Baffin Inuit Food

Chan, H.M., Kim, C., Khoday, K., Receveur, O., & Kuhnlein, H.V. (1995). Assessment of dietary exposure to trace metals in Baffin Inuit food. Environmental Health Perspectives, 103, 740-746.

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