Healthy fish consumption and reduced mercury exposure: Counseling women in their reproductive years

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-30

  Abelsohn, Alan ^a   Vanderlinden, Loren D ^b,c   Scott, Fran ^c   Archbold, Josephine A ^b   Brown, Tara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PLACENTA; REPRODUCTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551711210     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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