Exposure of the urban population to mercury in Changchun city, Northeast China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Li, Zhibo ^a,b,c   Wang, Qichao ^b   Luo, Yongming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adult exposure; Diet; Hair analysis; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SEA FOOD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; CITIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SEAFOOD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHANGCHUN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN;

EID: 33745869761     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9012-2     Document Type: Article

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