| View Larger Image | Assessment of methylmercury exposure in Wisconsin [An article from: Environmental Research] | Digitalby L. Knobeloch (Author), G. Gliori (Author), H. Anderson (Author)
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| | Binding: | Digital | | Publisher: | Elsevier | | Publication Date: | February 01, 2007 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Environmental Research, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Between January 2004 and June 2005 the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services recruited more than 2000 adults for a methylmercury (MeHg) exposure assessment study. Study participants, including 978 men and 1050 women who ranged in age from 18 to 92 years, completed a fish consumption and advisory awareness survey and provided hair samples for mercury analysis. Fish intake estimates ranged from 0 to 60 meals/month (mean 7.7). Hair mercury levels ranged from 0.012 to 15.2@mg/g and were positively correlated with monthly fish meals. Despite reporting similar fish consumption rates, men tended to have higher hair mercury levels than women. Mercury levels exceeded 1@mg/g in 29% of the men and 13% of the women and increased with age. Approximately, half of the study volunteers were licensed anglers and 77% were familiar with Wisconsin's sportfish consumption advisory. Among consumers of sport-caught fish, 37% of the men and 18% of the women had a hair mercury concentration above 1@mg/g. These findings suggest that exposure to MeHg is widespread and that men may be a previously unrecognized high risk population. |
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