Estimated intake levels for Finnish children of methylmercury from fish

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-77

  Karjalainen, Anna K ^a   Hallikainen, Anja ^b   Hirvonen, Tero ^b   Kiviranta, Hannu ^c   Knip, Mikael ^d,e   Kronberg Kippilä, Carina ^c   Leino, Olli ^c   Simell, Olli ^f   Sinkko, Harri ^c   Tuomisto, Jouni T ^c   Veijola, Riitta ^g   Venäläinen, Eija Riitta ^b   Virtanen, Suvi M ^c,e,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Concentration; Finland; Fish consumption; Intake; MeHg

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84875274558     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.02.074     Document Type: Article

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