Risk-benefit evaluation of fish from Chinese markets: Nutrients and contaminants in 24 fish species from five big cities and related assessment for human health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-199

  Du, Zhen Yu ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a,b,c   Wang, Chunrong ^b   Li, Lixiang ^b   Man, Qingqing ^b   Lundebye, Anne Katrine ^a   Frøyland, Livar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benefit; Chinese market; Contaminant; Fish; N 3 highly unsaturated fatty acid; Risk

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PRODUCTS; AVERAGE VALUES; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BENEFIT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE CITIES; CHINESE MARKETS; COMMON CARP; COMPREHENSIVE EFFECT; CONTAMINANT; DAILY INTAKE; FISH SPECIES; HUMAN HEALTH; LIPID CONTENT; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; N-3 HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS; OILY FISHES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RECOMMENDED NUTRIENT INTAKE; RISK LEVELS; RISK-BENEFIT EVALUATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COMMERCE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; HEALTH; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATING; RISKS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DIET; FATTY ACID; FISH; FOOD MARKET; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 84856227590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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