Methylmercury exposure and health effects from rice and fish consumption: A review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2666-2691

  Li, Ping ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Health effects; Methylmercury exposure; Nutrition; Rice

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; METHYLMERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIOACCUMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954773308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7062666     Document Type: Review

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