title: Health effects associated with measured levels of contaminants in the Arctic.
abstract: The Human Health Assessment Group has over the past decade recommended that effect studies be conducted in the circumpolar area. Such studies examine the association between contaminant exposure in the Arctic populations and health effects. Because foetuses and young children are the most vulnerable, effect studies are often prospective child cohort studies. The emphasis in this article is on a description of the effects associated with contaminant exposure in the Arctic. The main topics addressed are neurobehavioural, immunological, reproductive, cardiovascular, endocrine and carcinogenic effect. For each topic, the association between exposure and effects is described, and some results are reported for similar studies outside the Arctic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands; pal@health.fo.
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weihe
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
authors.forename: Fróði
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Debes
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
authors.forename: Jónrit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
authors.forename: Maria Skaalum
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Québec, City, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muckle
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
authors.forename: Jon Øyvind
authors.initials: JØ
authors.lastname: Odland
authors.affiliation: Northwest Public Health Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dudarev
authors.affiliation: INSPQ, Université de Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ayotte
authors.affiliation: INSPQ, Université de Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Éric
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Dewailly
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Medicine, Univerisity of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grandjean
authors.affiliation: Centre for Arctic Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonefeld-Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides
keywords: Arctic; carcinogenic; cardiovascular; contaminants; effects; endocrine; immunological; neurobehavioural; reproductive