A community-based assessment of seafood consumption along the lower James River, Virginia, USA: Potential sources of dietary mercury exposure

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Holloman, Erica L ^a   Newman, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Community based; Exposure assessment; Mercury; Seafood consumption

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLUE CRAB; CANNED FOOD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEA FOOD; SHRIMP; TUNA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

JAMES RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 77649238414     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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