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. 2016 Dec 13;75:10.3402/ijch.v75.33804. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v75.33804

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© 2016 Jennifer Gibson et al.

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Fig. 3 — Circumpolar concentrations of PBDEs, PFOS, PCB153, p,p’-DDE, Hg and Pb. Unless otherwise indicated, POPs and PBDEs are presented in µg/kg plasma lipid, PFCs in µg/L and metals in µg/L whole blood. Data for Alaska, Faroe Islands, Sweden (except metals) and coastal Chukotka (Russia) are derived from maternal blood. Data for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (NWT, Canada), Nunavut (Canada) and Nunatsiavut (NL, Canada) are derived from the blood of women of childbearing age. Data for Nunavik (QC, Canada), Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden (metals only) and the Pechenga district (Russia) are derived from the blood of pregnant women. Data for Sweden (PBDE47, PCB153 and p,p’-DDE) and Finland are derived from breast milk.