Hair mercury concentrations of lactating mothers and breastfed infants in Iran (fish consumption and mercury exposure)

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Okati, Narjes ^a   Sari, Abbas Esmaili ^b   Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hair; Infants; Mercury; Mothers; South Caspian Sea

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LACTATION; MERCURY; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867573505     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9424-7     Document Type: Article

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