Relationship between Mercury Concentrations in Hair and Blood in Dene/Métis Communities of the Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Tang, Furong
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2019
• Subjects: mercury concentration; Indigenous populations; Dehcho Region; Northwest Territories; Sahtu Region
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14959

Background: Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental pollutant as well as a growing concern to public health. Indigenous populations in the Northwest Territories (NWT) may experience elevated Hg exposures due to higher consumption rates of fish compared to the Canadian general populations. Many biomon...