Hair mercury levels and food consumption in residents from the Pearl River Delta: South China

Food Chemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 682-688

  Shao, Dingding ^a   Kang, Yuan ^a   Cheng, Zhang ^a   Wang, Hongsheng ^a   Huang, Minjuan ^a   Wu, Shengchun ^a   Chen, Kunci ^b   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Fish consumption; Hair; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH CULTURES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HAIR; HAIR MERCURY; HUMAN HAIR; MEAT SAMPLES; METHYL MERCURY; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SOUTH CHINA; TOTAL MERCURIES;

FOOD SUPPLY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

FISH;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHINA; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SEA FOOD; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866862199     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.08.059     Document Type: Article

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