Relationships among mercury concentration, and stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in the scalp hair of residents from seven countries: Effects of marine fish and C4 plants consumption

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hayasaka, Moriaki ^b   Ogasawra, Hideki ^b   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Kotaki, Yuichi ^c   Haraguchi, Koichi ^d  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCALP HAIR; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VIET NAM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EDIBLE PLANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAIR;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MERCURY; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84936804819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128149     Document Type: Article

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