Integrating variability in half-lives and dietary intakes to predict mercury concentration in hair

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-489

  Albert, Isabelle ^a   Villeret, Grégory ^a   Paris, Alain ^a   Verger, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic risk assessment; Dietary exposure; Hair mercury concentration; Intra individual variability; Population variability; Pregnant woman; Toxicokinetic model

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CRUSTACEA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HAIR LEVEL; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOLLUSC; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959503632     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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