Mercury levels and potential risk from subsistence foods from the Aleutians

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 93-105

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c   Jeitner, Christian ^a,b   Burke, Sean ^a,b   Stamm, Tim ^d,e   Snigaroff, Ronald ^e,f   Snigaroff, Dan ^e,f   Patrick, Robert ^e   Weston, Jim ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Nikolski   (United States)

^e Aleutian/Pribilof Island Association   (United States)

^f Atka   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutians; Aleuts; Birds; Eggs; Fish; Fisk management; Kelp; Mercury; Methylmercury; Shellfish; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MERCURY (METAL);

ALEUTIANS; METHYLMERCURY; SHELLFISH;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGA; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ALGA; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESKIMO; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMILEPIDOTUS JORDANI; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INVERTEBRATE; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; MYOXOCEPHALUS POLYACANTHOCEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECTURA SCUTUM;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AVES; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; HEMILEPIDOTUS; HEMILEPIDOTUS JORDANI; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS POLYACANTHOCEPHALUS; PATELLIDAE; TECTURA SCUTUM;

EID: 34548025061     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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