Mercury levels and fish consumption practices in women of child-bearing age in the Florida Panhandle

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-326

  Karouna Renier, Natalie K ^a   Ranga Rao, K ^a   Lanza, John J ^b   Rivers, Samantha D ^b   Wilson, Patricia A ^b   Hodges, Denise K ^b   Levine, Keith E ^c   Ross, Glenn T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Department   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Florida; Hair; Mercury; Women

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAFOOD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FLORIDA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA PANHANDLE; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049158402     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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