Fishing, fish consumption and advisory awareness among Louisiana's recreational fishers

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1037-1045

  Katner, Adrienne ^a,b   Ogunyinka, Ebenezer ^c   Sun, Mei Hung ^b   Soileau, Shannon ^b   Lavergne, David ^c   Dugas, Dianne ^b   Suffet, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Advisory; Consumption; Fish; Louisiana; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE CLASS; ANGLING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; FISHING; FISHING COMMUNITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENDER ROLE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASS; CATFISH; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SPECIES; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; FISHES; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; RECREATION; SEAFOOD;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SALMONIDAE; SCIAENOPS;

EID: 80755129048     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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