Design of a human biomonitoring community-based project in the Northwest Territories Mackenzie Valley, Canada, to investigate the links between nutrition, contaminants and country foods

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Mylene Ratelle, Matthew Laird, Shannon Majowicz, Kelly Skinner, Heidi Swanson, Brian Laird
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: Dene; First Nations; biomonitoring; contaminants; traditional foods; north; biomarker; exposure; risk assessment; community; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Canada; Mackenzie Valley; Circumpolar Health; Climate change; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1510714; https://doaj.org/article/bdac6102cab84e349f98860e2db629b3

Community-based projects place emphasis on a collaborative approach and facilitate research among Indigenous populations regarding local issues and challenges, such as traditional foods consumption, climate change and health safety. Country foods (locally harvested fish, game birds, land animals and...