Local fish consumption and serum PCB concentrations among Mohawk men at Akwesasne

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Deres, Debra A ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^a   Bush, Brian ^a   Yang, Bao Zhu ^a   Tarbell, Alice ^b   Jacobs, Agnes ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Indians, North American; Organochlorine; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Serum, human

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DIET; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PCB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AKWESASNE; CANADA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033003314     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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