Estimating risks from exposure to methylmercury: Application to first nations people in Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-118

  Hoover, Sara ^a   Hill, Ryan ^a   Watson, Tom ^a  

^a Triton Environmental Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY POLLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MERCURY (METAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

METHYLMERCURY;

HEALTH RISK; HUMAN CONTAMINATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAKE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0031171202     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018319430222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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