Assessment of methylmercury exposure in Wisconsin

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Gliori, Gemma ^b   Anderson, Henry ^a  

^a Family Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Hair; Mercury; Methylmercury; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT FISHING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33846300604     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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