Preliminary study on health risk from mercury exposure to residents of Wujiazhan town on the Di'er Songhua river, Northeast China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Qichao ^a  

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

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exposure; Hair mercury concentration; Health risk; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; SONGHUA BASIN;

EID: 33745952062     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9013-1     Document Type: Article

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