An evaluation of mercury levels in Louisiana fish: Trends and public health issues

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5707-5714

  Katner, Adrienne ^a   Sun, Mei Hung ^b   Suffet, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Largemouth bass; Louisiana; Mercury; Seafood; Trends

Indexed keywords

LARGEMOUTH BASS; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; TRENDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; MEATS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TISSUE; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; DATABASE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OPTIMIZATION; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; CATFISH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA FOOD; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TREND STUDY; TUNA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PEARL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

AMIIDAE; APLODINOTUS; MICROPTERUS; SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA; SERIOLA DUMERILI; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 77958084062     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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