Mercury in Commercial Fish: Optimizing Individual Choices to Reduce Risk
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Mercury in Commercial Fish: Optimizing Individual Choices to Reduce Risk
Most attention to the risks from fish consumption has focused on recreational anglers and on fish caught by individuals, but the majority of fish that people eat are purchased from commercial sources. We examined mercury levels in three types of fish (tuna, flounder, bluefish) commonly available in New Jersey stores, sampling different regions of the state, in communities with high and low per ...
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این پژوهش به بررسی ریسک پذیری مترجمان تازه کار در طی فرآیند ترجمه از زبان انگلیسی به فارسی می پردازد. پژوهش درباره مترجمان به عنوان اولین خواننده متن مبدا از اهمیت به سزایی برخوردار است. مترجمان تازه کار (و حرفه ای) در طی فرآیند ترجمه با مشکلات متعددی روبرو می شوند که باعث عدم اطمینان آنها از متن ترجمه شده می شود. با توجه به اینکه عدم اطمینان به انجام ریسک منتهی می شود، هدف این پژوهش بررسی کیفی...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7315