Modeling tribal exposures to methyl mercury from fish consumption
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Fish consumption limit for mercury compounds
Background and objectives: Methyl mercury can carry out harmful effects on the reproductive, respiratory, and nervous system of human. Moreover, mercury is known as the most toxic heavy metal in nature. Fish and seafood consumption is the major MeHg exposure route for human. The present study tries to cover researches which have been conducted on mercury levels in 21 species of fish from Persia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science of The Total Environment
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.070