An examination of the trade-offs in public health resulting from the use of default exposure assumptions in fish consumption advisories

Environmental Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-267

  Mariën, Koenraad ^a   Stern, Alan H ^b,c  

^a OEHA   (United States)

^b NJ Dept of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption and fish advisories; Exposure; Human health; Mercury; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 17044431826     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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