Contaminant exposure in Montrealers of Asian origin fishing the St. Lawrence River: Exploratory assessment
- Montreal Public Health Program, Quebec (Canada)
- Quebec Toxicology Center, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
- London School of Hygiene (United Kingdom)
Fishing and fish consumption are widely practiced among members of certain ethnocultural groups. Information assessment led them to ascribe high levels of consumption of locally caught sportfish to Montrealers of Asian origin and to hypothesize that their choices of species and fish organs differ from those of the majority group. An exploratory assessment of contaminant bioindicators reflective of St. Lawrence river fish consumption was conducted in late 1995 among nine Vietnamese and nine Bangladeshi Montreal sportfishers identified by community contacts. Vietnamese participants, six men and three women, were 27--70 years of age and had immigrated to Canada 3--20 years earlier. In contrast, the nine Bangladeshi males aged 28--41 years had been in Canada for 2--13 years. Bioindicator concentrations among Bangladeshi and Vietnamese participants are compared to those found for majority-community Montreal-area high-level consumers recruited on the St. Lawrence River during winter 1995.
- OSTI ID:
- 355611
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9705313-; ISSN 0013-9351; TRN: IM9931%%131
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Research, Vol. 80, Issue 2Pt2; Conference: Health conference `97, Montreal (Canada), 12-15 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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