Mercury contamination in turtles and implications for human health

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Green, Aaliyah D ^a   Buhlmann, Kurt A ^b   Hagen, Cris ^b   Romanek, Christopher ^b   Whitfield Gibbons, J ^b  

^a South eastern Natural Sciences Academy   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HEALTH RISK; HERBIVORE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURTLE;

UNITED STATES;

TESTUDINES;

MERCURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77954899882     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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