Adult women's blood mercury concentrations vary regionally in the United States: Association with patterns of fish consumption (NHANES 1999-2004)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  Mahaffey, Kathryn R ^a,b   Clickner, Robert P ^b   Jeffries, Rebecca A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Coastal; Fish; Mercury; NHANES; Regional

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASHORE; SHELLFISH; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749125236     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11674     Document Type: Article

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