Do national advisories serve local consumers: An assessment of mercury in economically important North Carolina fish

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1410-1416

  Petre, Sally Jane ^a   Sackett, Dana K ^a   Aday, D Derek ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MERCURY; NORTH CAROLINA; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EPINEPHELINAE; SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA;

EID: 84860781298     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em30024a     Document Type: Article

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