Fish consumption and bioindicators of inorganic mercury exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-76

  Passos, Carlos José Sousa ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a   Lemire, Mélanie ^a   Fillion, Myriam ^a   Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Demethylation; Fish consumption; Inorganic mercury exposure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION;

DEMETHYLATION; FISH CONSUMPTION; INORGANIC MERCURY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POISONING; HEMATOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MERCURIALISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS RIVER;

EID: 33846376886     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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