Hair mercury levels in pregnant women in Mahshahr, Iran: Fish consumption as a determinant of exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4848-4854

  Salehi, Zohreh ^a   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Hair; Mahshahr; Mercury; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

FISH CONSUMPTION; HAIR; MAHSHAHR; MERCURY; PREGNANT WOMAN;

DENTAL AMALGAMS; DENTAL PROSTHESES; FILLING; FISH;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; AMALGAM;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANIMAL; EATING; HAIR; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DENTAL AMALGAM; EATING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IRAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

IRAN; KHUZESTAN; MAHSHAHR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77955924428     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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