Risks and benefits of consumption of great lakes fish

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Turyk, Mary E ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^b   Bowerman, William ^c   Boysen, Eric ^d   Clark, Milton ^a   Diamond, Miriam ^e   Mergler, Donna ^f   Pantazopoulos, Peter ^g   Schantz, Susan ^h   Carpenter, David O ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Fish consumption; Great lakes; Methylmercury; Omega 3 fatty acids; Pcbs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALDRIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CAMPHECLOR; CARCINOGEN; CHLORODANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FURAN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; MIREX; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROCTANESULFONATE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONSUMER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LAKE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; LAKES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930479085     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003396     Document Type: Review

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