Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ...
Arsenic is a natural but toxic element considered by the World Health Organization to be a chemical of major public health concern globally. Biomarkers are a tool used to understand exposure to chemicals (e.g., arsenic) and their impacts on the health of a population. In Yellowknife, past mining act...
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ftdatacite:10.20381/ruor-29041 2023-06-11T04:15:26+02:00 Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... Cheung, Janet 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-29041 http://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/44835 unknown Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa arsenic human biomonitoring biomarkers environmental health environmental toxicology article-journal Text Thesis ScholarlyArticle 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-29041 2023-05-02T10:49:50Z Arsenic is a natural but toxic element considered by the World Health Organization to be a chemical of major public health concern globally. Biomarkers are a tool used to understand exposure to chemicals (e.g., arsenic) and their impacts on the health of a population. In Yellowknife, past mining activities have resulted in a toxic legacy of arsenic impacting the surrounding environment. However, current human exposure levels in the area are largely unknown. In this thesis, I demonstrate how different biomarkers can be used to evaluate arsenic exposure and associated health effects in the human population of Yellowknife and the First Nation communities of Dettah and Ndilo. First, I established baseline levels of arsenic exposure within the Yellowknife population by measuring urinary arsenic concentrations via speciation analysis. I also used general guidance values for urinary arsenic to assess arsenic exposure and health risks in Yellowknife compared to the general Canadian population. Children in ... Text Northwest Territories Yellowknife DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Dettah ENVELOPE(-114.307,-114.307,62.412,62.412) Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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Arsenic is a natural but toxic element considered by the World Health Organization to be a chemical of major public health concern globally. Biomarkers are a tool used to understand exposure to chemicals (e.g., arsenic) and their impacts on the health of a population. In Yellowknife, past mining activities have resulted in a toxic legacy of arsenic impacting the surrounding environment. However, current human exposure levels in the area are largely unknown. In this thesis, I demonstrate how different biomarkers can be used to evaluate arsenic exposure and associated health effects in the human population of Yellowknife and the First Nation communities of Dettah and Ndilo. First, I established baseline levels of arsenic exposure within the Yellowknife population by measuring urinary arsenic concentrations via speciation analysis. I also used general guidance values for urinary arsenic to assess arsenic exposure and health risks in Yellowknife compared to the general Canadian population. Children in ... |
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Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... |
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Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... |
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Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... |
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Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... |
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Arsenic Biomonitoring in the Human Population of Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo, Northwest Territories: Application of Urine and Toenail Arsenic Biomarkers ... |
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arsenic biomonitoring in the human population of yellowknife, dettah and ndilo, northwest territories: application of urine and toenail arsenic biomarkers ... |
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