Fish consumption patterns and hair mercury levels in children and their mothers in 17 EU countries

Environmental Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-68

  Castaño, Argelia ^a   Cutanda, Francisco ^a   Esteban, Marta ^a   Pärt, Peter ^b   Navarro, Carmen ^a   Gómez, Silvia ^a   Rosado, Montserrat ^a   López, Ana ^a   López, Estrella ^c   Exley, Karen ^d   Schindler, Birgit K ^e   Govarts, Eva ^f   Casteleyn, Ludwine ^g   Kolossa Gehring, Marike ^h   Fiddicke, Ulrike ^h   Koch, Holger ^e   Angerer, Jürgen ^e   Hond, Elly Den ^f   Schoeters, Greet ^f   Sepai, Ovnair ^d   Horvat, Milena ⁱ   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^j   Aerts, Dominique ^k   Joas, Anke ^l   Biot, Pierre ^k   Joas, Reinhard ^l   Jiménez Guerrero, José A ^a   Diaz, Gema ^a   Pirard, Catherine ^m   Katsonouri, Andromachi ⁿ   Cerna, Milena ^o   Gutleb, Arno C ^p   Ligocka, Danuta ^q   Reis, Fátima M ^r   Berglund, Marika ^s   Lupsa, Ioana Rodica ^t   Halzlová, Katarína ^u   Charlier, Corinne ^m   Cullen, Elizabeth ^v   Hadjipanayis, Adamos ^w   Krsková, Andrea ^o   Jensen, Janne F ^j   Nielsen, Jeanette K ^j   Schwedler, Gerda ^h   Wilhelm, Michael ^e   Rudnai, Peter ^x   Középesy, Szilvia ^x   Davidson, Fred ^y   Fischer, Mark E ^z   Janasik, Beata ^q   Namorado, Sónia ^r   Gurzau, Anca E ^t   Jajcaj, Michal ^u   Mazej, Darja ⁱ   Tratnik, Janja Snoj ⁱ   Larsson, Kristin ^s   Lehmann, Andrea ^aa   Crettaz, Pierre ^aa   Lavranos, Giagkos ⁿ   Posada, Manuel ^c   more..

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

ⁱ JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k DG Environment   (Belgium)

^l BiPRO GmbH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁿ State General Laboratory   (Cyprus)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^p LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^q NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^r INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^s KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^t Environmental Health Center   (Romania)

^u Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^v HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^w Larnaca General Hospital   (Cyprus)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^y St Finbarr's Hospital   (Ireland)

^z LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^aa FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Human Biomonitoring; Mercury in hair; Sea fish; Seafood products; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; SHELLFISH; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEA FOOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; HAIR; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEAFOOD; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84939539540     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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