Risk to consumers from mercury in Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) from the Aleutians: Fish age and size effects

Environmental Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-284

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Bering Sea; Consumption; Fish; Mercury; Pacific Ocean; Risk assessment; U.S. FDA

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; GADOID; HEALTH RISK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GADIFORMES; HUMANS; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548434299     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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