Meeting report: methylmercury in marine ecosystems -- from sources to seafood consumers.
Mercury and other contaminants in coastal and open-ocean ecosystems are an issue of great concern globally and in the United States, where consumption of marine fish and shellfish is a major route of human exposure to methylmercury (MeHg). A recent National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 116; no. 12; pp. 1706 - 1713 |
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| Formato: | review tables/charts Journal Article |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Dec2008
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