Mercury, arsenic and selenium exposure levels in relation to fish consumption in the Mediterranean area

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-17

  Miklavčič, Ana ^a   Casetta, Anica ^b   Snoj Tratnik, Janja ^a   Mazej, Darja ^a   Krsnik, Mladen ^c   Mariuz, Marika ^b   Sofianou, Katia ^d   Špirić, Zdravko ^e   Barbone, Fabio ^b   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a Jožef StefanInstitute ^*  (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e Institute for Applied Ecology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Fish consumption; Mercury; Selenium; THg; X

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELENIUM; URINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; ITALY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLOVENIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

CROATIA; GREECE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84871678588     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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