Meeting report: Methylmercury in marine ecosystems - From sources to seafood consumers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1706-1712

  Chen, Celia Y ^a   Serell, Nancy ^b   Evers, David C ^c   Fleishman, Bethany J ^b   Lambert, Kathleen F ^d   Weiss, Jeri ^e   Mason, Robert P ^f   Bank, Michael S ^g  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Ecologic: Analysis and Communications   (United States)

^e US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Human health; Mercury biomonitoring; Mercury exposure; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORKSHOP; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER;

EID: 58149359699     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11211     Document Type: Article

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