High mercury levels in hair samples from residents of Taiji, a Japanese whaling town

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 743-747

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albacore; Hair; Methyl mercury; Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus); Total mercury; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; METHYL MERCURY; RED MEATS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

FISHERIES; MEATS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; METHYLMERCURY; TUNA FISHERY; WHALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RED MEAT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WHALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 77952956077     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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