Plasma organochlorine concentrations and bone ultrasound measurements: a cross-sectional study in peri-and postmenopausal Inuit women from Greenland

• Main Authors: Mulvad Gert (Author), Blanchet Claudine (Author), Dodin Sylvie (Author), Ayotte Pierre (Author), Côté Suzanne (Author), Petersen Henning S (Author), Gingras Suzanne (Author), Dewailly Éric (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inuit women are highly exposed through their traditional seafood based diet to organochlorine compounds, some of them displaying endocrine disrupting properties. We hypothesized that this exposure might be related to bone characteris...