Methylmercury in hair of fisherman from Turkish coasts

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-320

  Vural, N ^a   Unlu H ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; SEASHORE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0029665865     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900192     Document Type: Article

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