Do recent data from the Seychelles Islands alter the conclusions of the NRC report on the toxicological effects of methylmercury?

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-4

  Stern, Alan H ^a,b   Jacobson, Joseph L ^c   Ryan, Louise ^d,e   Burke, Thomas A ^f  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERCURIALISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEYCHELLES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SEYCHELLES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 2942659490     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-3-1     Document Type: Review

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