Blood total mercury concentrations in the Canadian population: Anadian health measures survey cycle 1, 2007-2009

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lye, Ellen ^a   Legrand, Melissa ^a   Clarke, Janine ^b   Probert, Adam ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Blood; Canada; Canadian health measures survey; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879576292     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3772     Document Type: Article

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