Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios and mercury concentration in the scalp hair of residents from Taiji, a whaling town

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 116-121

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hayasaka, Moriaki ^b   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^c  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mercury; Scalp hair; Stable isotope ratio of carbon ( 13C); Stable isotope ratio of nitrogen ( 15N); Whale meat

Indexed keywords

C VALUES; CARBON AND NITROGEN; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SCALP HAIR; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS;

CARBON; FISHERIES; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN;

MEATS;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HAIR; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MEAT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO OF CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO OF NITROGEN; WHALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

CETACEA;

EID: 84876151535     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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