Open AccessA descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures
Author(s) -
David A. McVea,
Emma Cumming,
Tissa Rahim,
Tom Kosatsky
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00340-3
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , medicine , population , blood test , descriptive statistics , environmental health , demography , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , computer science , programming language
The objective of this study was to describe who in British Columbia (BC) is tested for blood mercury, the distribution of their results, and the adequacy of follow-up testing.