Relationship between mercury levels in hair and fish consumption in a population living near a hydroelectric tropical dam

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-194

  Marrugo Negrete, José Luis ^a   Ruiz Guzmán, Javier Alonso ^a   Díez, Sergi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Colombia; Health risk; Mercury; Weekly intake; Women childbearing age

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXIC FISH; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; DIET; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER PLANTS; SEAFOOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879939531     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9561-z     Document Type: Article

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