Mercury contamination in human hair and fish from Cambodia: Levels, specific accumulation and risk assessment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Agusa, Tetsuro ^a   Kunito, Takashi ^b   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Monirith, In ^a   Tana, Touch Seang ^c   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Phnom Penh   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Contamination; Fish; Hair; Mercury

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER FISH; HUMAN HAIR; MARINE FISHES; MERCURY CONTAMINATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISHERIES; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SEX RATIO; WATER POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CAMBODIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 9644265649     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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