Dietary recommendations regarding pilot whale meat and blubber in the Faroe Islands

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Weihe, Pál ^a   Joensen, Høgni Debes ^b  

^a FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^b Chief Medical Officer in the Faroe Islands   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Dietary recommendations; Mercury; Pilot whale; POPs

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIET; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MEAT; PILOT WHALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MERCURY; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WHALES, PILOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872894396     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18594     Document Type: Review

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