Body burdens of mercury in lower Hudson River area anglers

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Gobeille, Alayne K ^a   Morland, Kimberly B ^a   Bopp, Richard F ^b   Godbold, James H ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anglers; Fish consumption; Hudson river; Human; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; DIET; FISHES; HUMANS; MERCURY; NEW YORK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HUDSON RIVER; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646449045     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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