Human exposure to mercury in a compact fluorescent lamp manufacturing area: By food (rice and fish) consumption and occupational exposure

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-132

  Liang, Peng ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^b   Zhang, Chan ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Cao, Yucheng ^a   You, Qiongzhi ^a   Leung, Anna Oi Wah ^c   Wong, Ming Hung ^a   Wu, Sheng Chun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compact fluorescent lamps; Mercury; Methylmercury exposure; Rice

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FOOD SUPPLY; MANUFACTURE; MERCURY (METAL);

COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES; METHYL MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RICE; TOTAL MERCURIES; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; DANGEROUS GOODS; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MANUFACTURING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP MANUFACTURING AREA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RICE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIET; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ILLUMINATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DIET; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84922713761     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.12.036     Document Type: Article

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