Fish, contaminants and human health: Quantifying and weighing benefits and risks

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-29

  Hoekstra, Jeljer ^a   Hart, Andy ^b   Owen, Helen ^b   Zeilmaker, Marco ^a   Bokkers, Bas ^a   Thorgilsson, Björn ^c   Gunnlaugsdottir, Helga ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

DALY; Fish; Health impact assessment; Risk benefit assessment

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; METHYLMERCURY; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EFFECT SIZE; FISH; FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE INFERTILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPERM COUNT; STROKE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84875250648     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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