Sustaining seafood for public health

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 487-493

  Gerber, Leah R ^a   Karimi, Roxanne ^b   Fitzgerald, Timothy P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATION; FATTY ACID; FISH CULTURE; FISHING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84868351796     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120003     Document Type: Review

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