Inter-individual variations of human mercury exposure biomarkers: A cross-sectional assessment

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Berglund, Marika ^a   Lind, Birger ^a   Björnberg, Karolin Ask ^a   Palm, Brita ^a   Einarsson, Östen ^b   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Analys Modul Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMETHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEADY STATE; URINE; VAPOR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 26844446401     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-20     Document Type: Article

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