Mercury in fishes of Alaska, with emphasis on subsistence species

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 3-27

  Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Fish; Halibut; Mercury; Pike; Salmon; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

FISH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ALASKA; FOOD CONSUMPTION; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG);

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; MINERAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLUPEOID; FLATFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SUBSISTENCE; TOXICITY;

ABSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE SPECIES; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PIKE; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMON; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESOX LUCIUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES;

EID: 36649019136     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.034     Document Type: Review

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