Environmental contaminant body burdens and the relationship with blood pressure measures among Indigenous adolescents using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression: Results from the Nituuchischaayihtitaau Aschii: Multi-Community Environment-and-Health Study in Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, Canada, 2005–2009

Environmental contaminant body burdens and the relationship with blood pressure measures among Indigenous adolescents using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression: Results from the Nituuchischaayihtitaau Aschii: Multi-Community Environment-and-Health Study in Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, Canada, 2005–2009

Background: Early onset hypertension among youth has important cardiovascular health implications later in life. Persistent organochlorine pollutants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and toxic metals have been associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Objectives: This study examined b...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra M. Zuk, Eric N. Liberda, Leonard J.S. Tsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Environmental Advances
Subjects:
Polybrominated diphenyl ether
Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners
Organochlorine metabolites
Toxic metals
First Nation adolescents of subarctic Canada
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765721000193

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