Population-based rish consumption survey and probabilistic methylmercury risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1214-1227

  Johnston, John J ^a   Snow, Jamie L ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyoming Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fish consumption; Mercury; Methylmercury; Probabilistic; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249003424     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701655764     Document Type: Article

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