Risk assessment for methylmercury in fish from the Songhua River, China: 30 years after mercury-containing wastewater outfalls were eliminated

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Zhu, Hui ^a,b   Yan, Baixing ^a,c   Cao, Huicong ^a   Wang, Lixia ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Health risk; Methylmercury; The Songhua River; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METHYL MERCURY; SECOND SONGHUA RIVERS; SONGHUA RIVER; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHINA; SONGHUA RIVER;

EID: 82255192102     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1948-3     Document Type: Article

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