Temporal variation of blood and hair mercury levels in pregnancy in relation to fish consumption history in a population living along the St. Lawrence River

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-374

  Morrissette, Joëlle ^a   Takser, Larissa ^a   St Amour, Genevieve ^a   Smargiassi, Audrey ^b   Lafond, Julie ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Dept de S Pub Montreal Ctr ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Hair; Maternal and cord blood; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 3042598193     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.12.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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