Scalp hair and urine mercury content of children in the Northeast United States: The New England Children's Amalgam Trial

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-88

  Dunn, Julie E ^a   Trachtenberg, Felicia L ^a   Barregard, Lars ^b   Bellinger, David ^c   McKinlay, Sonja ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dental amalgam; Fishes; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CHILD HEALTH; DENTITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; URINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP HAIR; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; DENTAL AMALGAM; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 41949126386     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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