Contaminated fish consumption in California's Central Valley Delta

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-344

  Shilling, Fraser ^a   White, Aubrey ^a   Lippert, Lucas ^a   Lubell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Water Act; Fish consumption; Fish contamination; Mercury; Subsistence fishing; TMDL

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANGLING; CLEANUP; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FISH; FISHING COMMUNITY; HEALTH IMPACT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTANT; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUBSISTENCE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEAT; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950866201     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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