Evaluation of a Public Health Intervention to Lower Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption in Bermuda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dewailly, Eric ^a   Rouja, Philippe ^b   Forde, Martin ^c   Peek Ball, Cheryl ^d   Côté, Suzanne ^a   Smith, Emma ^e   Drescher, Olivia ^a   Robertson, Lyndon ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Conservation Services Government of Bermuda ^*  (Bermuda)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d Chief Medical Officer   (Bermuda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERMUDA; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BERMUDA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867497954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047388     Document Type: Article

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