Can fish consumption advisories do better? Providing benefit and risk information to increase knowledge

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 232-239

  Engelberth, Haley ^a   Teisl, Mario F ^a   Frohmberg, Eric ^b   Butts, Karyn ^b   Bell, Kathleen P ^a   Stableford, Sue ^c   Smith, Andrew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Maine State Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge change; Methylmercury; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

FATTY ACID; FISH; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTAMINATED FISH; EATING; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; TUNA; UNITED STATES;

SCOMBRIDAE;

KNOWLEDGE CHANGE; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84885861670     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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