The risk of mercury exposure to the people consuming fish from Lake Phewa, Nepal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6771-6779

  Thapa, Devna Singh ^a   Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^a,b,c   Kang, Shichang ^b,d   Sillanpää, Mika ^c  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Lake Phewa; Mercury exposure; Nepal

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FISHERMAN; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GOVERNMENT STAFF; HEALTH HAZARD; HOTEL OWNER; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NEPAL; POLICE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISITOR; WATER POLLUTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAKE; WATER POLLUTANT;

GANDAKI; NEPAL; PHEWA LAKE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LAKES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903384748     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110706771     Document Type: Article

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