Adult Women’s Blood Mercury Concentrations Vary Regionally in the United States: Association with Patterns of Fish Consumption (NHANES 1999–2004)
Author(s) -
Kathryn R. Mahaffey,
Robert P. Clickner,
R Jeffries
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.11674
Subject(s) - demography , fish consumption , national health and nutrition examination survey , residence , population , geography , percentile , consumption (sociology) , multivariate analysis , environmental health , medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , fishery , statistics , social science , mathematics , sociology
The current, continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has included blood mercury (BHg) and fish/shellfish consumption since it began in 1999. NHANES 1999-2004 data form the basis for these analyses.
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