Pilot study of intrauterine exposure to methylmercury in Eastern Aegean islands, Greece

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 586-595

  Gibičar, Darija ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a   Nakou, Sheena ^b   Sarafidou, Jasmin ^b   Yager, Janice ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fish; Hair analysis; Intrauterine exposure; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

DIETARY FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MERCURY (METAL);

METHYLMERCURY;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; FISH; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SEAFOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746671298     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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