Contamination level of mercury in red meat products from cetaceans available from South Korea markets

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 669-677

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Yong Un, Ma ^b   Baker, C Scott ^c,d   Funahashi, Naoko ^e   Lavery, Shane ^c   Dalebout, Merel L ^f   Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^g   Haraguchi, Koichi ^h  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b Korean Federation for Environmental Movement   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dolphin; Human health; Porpoise; Provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI); Red meat; South Korea; Total mercury; Whale

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; MEATS; SOUTH KOREA;

DOLPHIN; HUMAN HEALTH; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE (PTWI); RED MEAT; TOTAL MERCURY; WHALE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

DOLPHIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PORPOISE; WHALE;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CETACEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; JAPAN; KILLER WHALE; LIVER; MALE; MARKET; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KOREA; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; SEAFOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ODONTOCETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENIDAE; PSEUDORCA; TURSIOPS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 34249669227     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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