Development of a single-meal fish consumption advisory for methyl mercury

Risk Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-48

  Ginsberg, Gary L ^a   Toal, Brian F ^b  

^a State of Connecticut   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute exposure; Fish advisories; Methyl mercury; Pharmacokinetic modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; PHARMACOKINETICS;

ACUTE EXPOSURES; METHYL MERCURY; PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING; SINGLE-MEAL FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034125367     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.00004     Document Type: Article

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