Methylmercury exposure in a subsistence fishing community in Lake Chapala, Mexico: An ecological approach

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a   Cortes, Juanita E ^b   Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Abercrombie, Mary I ^d   Bopp, Richard F ^d   Cifuentes, Enrique ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; FISHING COMMUNITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; LAKE POLLUTION; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CARP; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HAIR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

LAKE CHAPALA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CYPRINIDAE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649136156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-1     Document Type: Article

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