Mercury concentration in hair samples from Chinese people in coastal cities

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1258-1262

  LIU, Xiaojie ^a   CHENG, Jinping ^b   Yuling, Song ^b   HONDA, Shun'ichi ^a   WANG, Li ^c   LIU, Zheng ^d   SAKAMOTO, Mineshi ^a   LIU, Yuanyuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Management Department of Snake Island and Laotieshan Mount Natural Reserve   (China)

^d SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese people; coastal cities; hair mercury

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS ADSORPTION;

ATOMIC ADSORPTIONS; CHINESE PEOPLE; COASTAL CITIES; COLD VAPOR; FISH CONSUMPTION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HAIR MERCURY; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MERCURY LEVELS; TOTAL MERCURY; ZHOUSHAN;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; DIET; FEMALE; HAIR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; DIET; FEMALE; HAIR; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53849123639     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62218-4     Document Type: Article

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