Hair mercury levels versus freshwater fish consumption in household members of Swedish angling societies

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Johnsson, Cecilia ^a   Sällsten, Gerd ^a   Schütz, Andrejs ^b   Sjörs, Anna ^c   Barregård, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Community of Hagfors ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hair; Methyl mercury; Perch; Pike; Sport fish

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 4644351120     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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