Dietary intake of mercury by children and adults in Jinhu area of China

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-250

  Sun, Jinfang ^a   Wang, Cannan ^a   Song, Xiaoyun ^a   Wu, Yongning ^b   Yuan, Baojun ^c   Liu, Pei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

^c Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Duplicate diet study; Mercury; PTWI; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA FOOD; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAFOOD; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79958022978     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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