Balancing the risks and the benefits of local fish consumption in Bermuda

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1328-1338

  Dewailly, E ^a,d   Rouja, P ^b   Dallaire, R ^a   Pereg, D ^a   Tucker, T ^c   Ward, J ^b   Weber, J P ^d   Maguire, J S ^a   Julien, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Conservation Services ^*  (Bermuda)

^c Bermuda Underwater Explor Institute   (Bermuda)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Mercury; Omega 3; Selenium; Tropical

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERMUDA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 65449150231     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802175285     Document Type: Article

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