Letter to the editor

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2536-2537

  Dórea, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; NOTE; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; SEAFOOD;

EID: 74949134521     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991960     Document Type: Letter

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