Fish consumption and mercury exposure among louisiana recreational anglers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Lincoln, Rebecca A ^a   Shine, James P ^a   Chesney, Edward J ^b   Vorhees, Donna J ^c   Grandjean, Philippe ^a   Senn, David B ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angler; Fish; Hair; Louisiana; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHERMAN; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955827877     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002609     Document Type: Article

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