Blood mercury levels among fish consumers residing in areas with high environmental burden

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 967-971

  Wolkin, Amy ^a   Hunt, Danielle ^a   Martin, Colleen ^a   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^a   McGeehin, Michael A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Fish; Inorganic mercury; Mercury; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; MERCURY (METAL);

ELEVATED MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIC MERCURY; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY TEST;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856219352     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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