Hair methylmercury levels of mummies of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Egeland, G M ^a   Ponce, Rafael ^b   Bloom, Nicolas S ^c   Knecht, Rick ^d   Loring, Stephen ^e   Middaugh, John P ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Studio Geochimica   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair; Indigenous Peoples; Mercury; Pre historic

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; TRACE METAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ISLAND; METHYLMERCURY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MARINE MAMMAL; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUMMIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 61849088454     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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