Data use in a toxicokinetic model to reconstruct methylmercury intake

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-

  Passos, Carlos J S ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETTER; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33746137746     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500506     Document Type: Letter

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