Neuropsychiatric symptoms, omega-3, and mercury exposure in freshwater fish-eaters

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Philibert, Aline ^a   Bouchard, Maryse ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood mercury; Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); Fish consumption; Hair mercury; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; FRESH WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; HAIR; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEMBRANE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MERCURIALISM; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58149189277     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.3.143-153     Document Type: Article

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