Chemical risks associated with consumption of shellfish harvested on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River's lower estuary

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 883-888

  Gagnon, Fabien ^a,b,c   Tremblay, Thierry ^a   Rouette, Justine ^a   Cartier, Jacques François ^a  

^a Sante Publique de la Cote Nord   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer risks; Chemical; Contamination; Inorganic arsenic; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HARVESTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHELLFISH; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MILETINAE; MYA;

EID: 3042556361     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6847     Document Type: Article

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