Determinants of exposure to mercury in hair from inhabitants of the largest mercury mine in the world

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-577

  Díez, Sergi ^a   Esbrí, José M ^b   Tobias, Aurelio ^a   Higueras, Pablo ^b   Martínez Coronado, Alba ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almad n; Fish consumption; Hair; Mercury; Mercury mining; Spain

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; FISH CONSUMPTION; HAIR; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; SPAIN;

FISH;

MERCURY;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER ROLE; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

ALMADEN; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79959553278     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.03.065     Document Type: Article

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