Fish consumption and contaminant exposure among Montreal-area sportfishers: Pilot study

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Kosatsky, Tom ^a,b   Przybysz, Raymond ^a   Shatenstein, Bryna ^a   Weber, Jean Philippe ^c   Armstrong, Ben ^d  

^a Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Quebec Toxicology Center   (Canada)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DDE; Mercury; PCB; Sport fish; St. Lawrence

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AROCLOR 1260; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0033034036     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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