Fish consumption and advisory awareness in the Great Lakes basin

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1325-1329

  Imm, Pamela ^a   Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Anderson, Henry A ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advisory; Awareness; Fish; Great Lakes; Sport fish

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AWARENESS; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244450426     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7980     Document Type: Article

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