Maternal and fetal mercury and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a risk and benefit of fish consumption to fetus

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3860-3863

  Sakamoto, Mineshi ^a   Kubota, Machi ^b   Liu, Xiao Jie ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^c   Nakai, Kunihiko ^d   Satoh, Hiroshi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b Munakata Suikoukai General Hospital   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; MERCURY (METAL);

FETAL MERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFA);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

FATTY ACID; FISH; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3242665952     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034983m     Document Type: Article

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