Mortality among frequent consumers of Great Lakes sport fish

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Tomasallo, Carrie ^a   Anderson, Henry ^a   Haughwout, MaryLee ^a   Imm, Pamela ^a   Knobeloch, Lynda ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease mortality; DDT; Great Lakes; PCBs; Sport fish consumption

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DDT; DIET; FISH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAKE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECREATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71249083460     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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