Mercury concentrations in fish from Canadian Great Lakes areas of concern: An analysis of data from the Canadian Department of Environment database

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-350

  Weis, I Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areas of concern; Fish; Great Lakes; Mercury; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

FISH; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042596048     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.01.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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