Mercury exposure assessment in Iranian women's hair of a port town with respect to fish consumption and amalgam fillings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1538-1543

  Fakour, H ^a   Esmaili Sari, A ^a   Zayeri, F ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Fish consumption; Hair; Iran; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL AMALGAMS; FILLING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MERCURY (METAL);

AMALGAM RESTORATIONS; FISH CONSUMPTION; HAIR; IRAN; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; MERCURY ANALYZERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

FISH;

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TISSUE LEVEL; TOOTH FILLING; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FISH; MIDDLE AGED; SEA FOOD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD;

EID: 77953013506     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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