Mercury content of hair in different opulations relative to fish consumption

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2007, Pages 107-130

  Srogi, Krystyna ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HEALTH; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37549004793     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35368-5_5     Document Type: Article

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