Great Lakes fish consumption advisories: Is mercury a concern?

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1588-1598

  Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a   Awad, Emily ^a   Mahon, Chris G ^a   Petro, Steve ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advisory advisories; Contaminants; Fish consumption; Great Lakes; Mercury; PCB

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; DIOXIN; FURAN; MERCURY; MIREX; PHOTOMIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIOXIN; FISH; FURAN; GUIDELINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FURANS; GREAT LAKES REGION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LAKES; MERCURY; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 80054942320     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0731-0     Document Type: Article

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