Methylmercury exposure in Wisconsin: A case study series

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-122

  Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Steenport, Dyan ^a   Schrank, Candy ^b   Anderson, Henry ^a  

^a Family of Services   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Methylmercury; Sportfish; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FISH; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; LOPHOLATILUS CHAMAELEONTICEPS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33645979036     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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