Fishing in a polluted estuary: Fishing behavior, fish consumption, and potential risk

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-471

  May, Helen ^a   Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption; Fish; toxics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MARINE POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TOXICITY;

CHRONIC EFFECTS; CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS EFFECTS; FISH CONSUMPTION; POLLUTED ESTUARY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030220894     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01093.x     Document Type: Article

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