Fish consumption, advisory awareness, and hair mercury levels among women of childbearing age

Environmental Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 220-227

  Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Anderson, Henry A ^a   Imm, Pamela ^a   Peters, Debi ^a   Smith, Andrew ^b  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Advisory; Childbearing; Fish; Methylmercury; Women

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; MERCURY;

CHILDBEARING; FISH; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPORT FISHING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644365978     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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