Mercury concentration in meconium and risk assessment of fish consumption among pregnant women in Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 518-523

  Jiang, Chuen Bin ^a,b,c   Yeh, Ching Ying ^d   Lee, Hung Chang ^a,d   Chen, Ming Jun ^d   Hung, Fang Yu ^a   Fang, Sheng Shiung ^e   Chien, Ling Chu ^d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Daily mercury exposure; Meconium; Mercury concentration in fish; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS; EXPECTED RISK; FISH CONSUMPTION; GOLD MINING; HSINCHU; KEY PARAMETERS; MATRIX; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MECONIUM; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MERCURY INTAKE; METHYL MERCURY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE DOSE; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MEATS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MECONIUM; MERCURIALISM; MINING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70649086091     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.043     Document Type: Article

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