Hair mercury concentration and fish consumption: Risk and perceptions of risk among women of childbearing age

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Chien, Ling Chu ^a   Gao, Chi Sian ^a   Lin, Hsing Hua ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Hair mercury concentration; Hazard quotient; Perceptions of risk; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

CHILDBEARING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; HAIR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MERCURIALISM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 71249115115     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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