Cultural and health implications of fish advisories in a native American community

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Hoover, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish advisories; Haudenosaunee; Health risk assessment; Mohawk; Native american; Pcbs; St. lawrence river; Superfund

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FISH ADVISORY; HAUDENOSAUNEE; MOHAWK; NATIVE AMERICANS; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; SUPERFUND;

FISH;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERFUND;

AKWESASNE; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 84946029331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-4     Document Type: Article

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