| serologic evidence of influenza a infection in marine mammals of arctic canada. | a serologic survey of influenza a antibodies was undertaken on 1,611 blood samples from five species of marine mammals collected from arctic canada from 1984-98. sampling was done in 24 locations throughout the canadian arctic encompassing sachs harbor (72 degrees n, 125 degrees w), northwest territories in the west to loks land (63 degrees n, 64 degrees w), nunavut in the east, to eureka (80 degrees n, 86 degrees w), nunavut in the north to sanikiluaq (56 degrees n, 79 degrees w), nunavut in th ... | 2001 | 11763748 |
| trace elements in marine birds, arctic hare and ringed seals breeding near qikiqtarjuaq, nunavut, canada. | | 2004 | 15234883 |
| development and application of bioaccumulation models to assess persistent organic pollutant temporal trends in arctic ringed seal (phoca hispida) populations. | individual- and population-based models were developed to simulate the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (pops) over the lifetime of ringed seals (phoca hispida) and account for the effects of age, growth, body condition and sex (including gestation, birth and lactation). lactational transfer was described using a milk to blubber partition coefficient, which was shown to be a function of kow (kmb=1/(1.676+1.293.10(-7).kow) r2=0.60, n=32, p<0.001). simulations showed that nursing m ... | 2005 | 16081143 |
| persistent organic pollutants in marine birds, arctic hare and ringed seals near qikiqtarjuaq, nunavut, canada. | | 2005 | 15664039 |
| trophic transfer of contaminants in a changing arctic marine food web: cumberland sound, nunavut, canada. | contaminant dynamics in arctic marine food webs may be impacted by current climate-induced food web changes including increases in transient/subarctic species. we quantified food web organochlorine transfer in the cumberland sound (nunavut, canada) arctic marine food web in the presence of transient species using species-specific biomagnification factors (bmfs), trophic magnification factors (tmfs), and a multifactor model that included δ(15)n-derived trophic position and species habitat range ( ... | 2012 | 22957980 |
| prevalence of zoonotic anisakid nematodes in inuit-harvested fish and mammals from the eastern canadian arctic. | human anisakidosis is a recognized arctic zoonosis that is directly related to the consumption of traditional inuit foods, particularly raw fish. the epidemiology of infections with the zoonotic anisakid nematodes anisakis simplex and pseudoterranova decipiens was investigated from august 2007 to july 2009 in inuit-harvested fish and marine mammals from inuit regions of nunavik, nunavut, and nunatsiavut, canada. fish were tested for anisakid larvae using the pepsin-hcl digestion method, and the ... | 2012 | 22957974 |
| mercury hair concentrations and dietary exposure among inuit preschool children in nunavut, canada. | there is concern that the traditional diet is a source of mercury exposure among inuit in the canadian arctic. mercury exposure in utero and in early childhood presents a risk to neurodevelopment. the objectives of the present study were to assess the dietary mercury exposure from traditional food among inuit children 3 to 5 years of age in nunavut, and evaluate the association between estimated dietary mercury intake and body burden. a cross-sectional nunavut inuit child health survey was condu ... | 2011 | 20673686 |
| estimated dietary exposure to fluorinated compounds from traditional foods among inuit in nunavut, canada. | increasing evidence shows that persistent organic pollutants such as perfluorinated compounds (pfcs) are found in the arctic ecosystem and their prevalence is causing human health concerns. the objective of this study was to estimate dietary exposure to pfcs among inuit in northern canada. perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos), perfluorinated carboxylates (pfca c(7)-c(11)) and fluorotelomer unsaturated carboxylic acids (6:2, 8:2 and 10:2 ftuca) were measured in 68 traditional foods collected in nunav ... | 2009 | 19342075 |