The importance of marine foods to a near-urban first nation community in coastal British Columbia, Canada: Toward a risk-benefit assessment

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 8-10, 2004, Pages 791-808

  Mos, Lizzy ^a   Jack, Janel ^b   Cullon, Donna ^a   Montour, Laurie ^c   Alleyne, Carl ^d   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Tseycum Nation   (Canada)

^c Health Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; WILDLIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHELLFISH;

EID: 1942436001     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490428224a     Document Type: Article

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