Emerging evidence on selenoneine and its public health relevance in coastal populations: a review and case study of dietary Se among Inuit populations in the …

M Little, A Achouba, P Ayotte… - Nutrition Research …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Selenium is an essential mineral yet both deficiency and excess are associated with
adverse health effects. Dietary intake of Se in humans varies greatly between populations …

Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic

B Adlard, EC Bonefeld-Jørgensen… - … journal of circumpolar …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)'s Human Health
Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids and their determinants in youth and adults from Nunavik, Canada

A Aker, P Ayotte, E Caron-Beaudoin, A De Silva… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), a subset of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are
environmentally stable, mobile and bioaccumulative compounds. This leads to high …

Assessment of inter-regional dietary differences in anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in Nunavik, Canada, and links with flesh quality indicators

S Bolduc, M Lemire, JÉ Tremblay, M Falardeau… - Arctic …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a salmonid fish that is the second-most consumed country
food species by Nunavimmiut. Its nutritional quality is determined by omega-3 fatty acids and …

The Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Nunavik Health Survey: design, methods, and lessons learned

P Ayotte, S Gagnon, M Riva, G Muckle, D Hamel… - Canadian journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Objective To depict the design, methods, sociodemographic characteristics of the
population, and lessons learned during the Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Nunavik Inuit Health …

Wild fish consumption and latitude as drivers of vitamin D status among Inuit living in Nunavik, northern Québec

M Little, M Brockington, A Aker, TA Kenny… - Public Health …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Objective: To measure vitamin D status and estimate factors associated with serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) in Nunavimmiut (Inuit living in Nunavik) adults in 2017 …

Toxoplasma gondii and related parasites in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) harvested as country foods by Inuit hunters in Nunavut, Canada

H Merks, A Iqbal, L Measures, B Dixon - Arctic Science, 2025 - cdnsciencepub.com
Toxoplasma gondii is a very common zoonotic parasite in humans and animals worldwide.
Human seroprevalence is particularly high in some regions of Canada's North and is …