Increased levels of mercury associated with high fish intakes among children from Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-763

  Innis, Sheila M ^a   Palaty, Jan ^a   Vaghri, Ziba ^a   Lockitch, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NEUROTOXICITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIET; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; MERCURY;

EID: 33744946530     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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