Mercury-nutrient signatures in seafood and in the blood of avid seafood consumers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 636-643

  Karimi, Roxanne ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co exposures; Methylmercury; Risk benefit analysis; Seafood safety

Indexed keywords

METHYL MERCURY; RISK-BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNED FOOD; CLAM; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FISH; FLOUNDER; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LOBSTER; MUSSEL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALMON; SCALLOP; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; SHRIMP; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84910066320     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.049     Document Type: Article

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