Mercury levels in the Cree population of James Bay, Quebec, from 1988 to 1993/94

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1439-1445

  Dumont, Charles ^a,c   Girard, Manon ^a   Bellavance, François ^b   Noël, Francine ^d  

^a Cree Bd Hlth Social Serv James B   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cree Bd Hlth Social Serv James B   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE;

EID: 0032474542     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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