Fish availability in supermarkets and fish markets in New Jersey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 333, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 89-97

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b,c   Stern, Alan H ^b,c,d   Dixon, Carline ^b,c,e   Jeitner, Christopher ^a,b   Shukla, Sheila ^a,b   Burke, Sean ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Research   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Commercial fish; Fish consumption; Human health; Risk

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MARKETING; NATURAL SCIENCES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTAMINANT LOAD; FISH CONSUMPTION;

FISHERIES;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROVENANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FISH; FLOUNDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALMON; TILAPIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AQUACULTURE; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

CATFISH; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LUTJANIDAE; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SALMONIDAE; SARDA SARDA; SERRANIDAE; TILAPIA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 4444338121     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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