Ecosystem matters: Fish consumption, mercury intake and exposure among fluvial lake fish-eaters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-164

  Abdelouahab, Nadia ^a   Vanier, Claire ^a   Baldwin, Mary ^a   Garceau, Steve ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem matters; Fish consumption; Fish species; Mercury biomarkers; Mercury intake

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; MARKETING; MEATS;

BIO INDICATORS; BODY BURDENS; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONS; FISH ADVISORIES; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH CONSUMPTIONS; FISH MEALS; FISH SPECIES; FLUVIAL LAKES; FRESHWATER FISHES; FRESHWATER SOURCES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY BIOMARKERS; MERCURY INTAKE; QUEBEC , CANADA; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANATIDAE;

EID: 56349136372     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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