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Table 1 Laboratory analyses completed during the Human Biomonitoring in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories (2016–2017)

From: Implementation of human biomonitoring in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (2016–2017)

Class

Matrix

Parent compounds

Biomarkers

Metal

Hair

Mercury

Total Mercury

Metal

Urine and whole blood

Aluminium

Total Aluminium

Arsenic

Total Arsenic

Barium

Total Barium

Beryllium

Total Beryllium

Cadmium

Total Cadmium

Cesiuma

Total Cesium

Chromium

Total Chromium

Cobalt

Total Cobalt

Copper

Total Copper

Gallium

Total Gallium

Iron2

Total Iron

Lead

Total Lead

Lithium

Total Lithium

Manganese

Total Manganese

Mercury

Total Mercury

Nickel

Total Nickel

Rubidiuma

Total Rubidium

Selenium

Total Selenium

Strontium

Total Strontium

Thallium

Total Thallium

Uranium

Total Uranium

Vanadiumb

Total Vanadium

Zinc

Total Zinc

Lipids

Plasma

Fatty acids

Omega-3 (EPA + DHA)

PUFAs

N-3, N-6

POPs- Electrical and coolant fluids

Plasma

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)

PCB, Aroclor 1260

PCB, IUPAC # 28

PCB, IUPAC # 52

PCB, IUPAC # 66

PCB, IUPAC # 74

PCB, IUPAC # 99

PCB, IUPAC # 101

PCB, IUPAC # 105

PCB, IUPAC # 118

PCB, IUPAC # 128

PCB, IUPAC # 138

PCB, IUPAC # 146

PCB, IUPAC # 153

PCB, IUPAC # 156

PCB, IUPAC # 163

PCB, IUPAC # 167

PCB, IUPAC # 170

PCB, IUPAC # 178

PCB, IUPAC # 180

PCB, IUPAC # 183

PCB, IUPAC # 187

PCB, IUPAC # 194

PCB, IUPAC # 201

PCB, IUPAC # 203

PCB, IUPAC # 206

POPs- Flame retardants

Plasma

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs

PBDE, IUPAC # 15

PBDE, IUPAC # 17

PBDE, IUPAC # 25

PBDE, IUPAC # 28

PBDE, IUPAC # 33

PBDE, IUPAC # 47

PBDE, IUPAC # 99

PBDE, IUPAC # 100

PBDE, IUPAC # 153

Plasma

Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)

PBB, IUPAC # 153

POPs- Pesticides

Plasma

Aldrin

Aldrin

Mirex

Mirex

Hexachlorobenzene

Hexachlorobenzene

Chlordane

gamma-Chlordane

alpha-Chlordane

cis-Nonachlor

trans-Nonachlor

Oxychlordane

Lindane

gamma-HCH

beta-HCH

DDT

p,p’-DDE

p,p’-DDT

Toxaphene

Parlar no. 26

Parlar no. 50

  1. aOnly available in some blood samples (n = 10)
  2. bOnly available in urine