Seafood consumption and blood mercury concentrations in adults aged $ 20 y , 2007 – 20101 – 4
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Background: Seafood is part of a healthy diet, but seafood can also contain methyl mercury—a neurotoxin. Objective: The objective was to describe seafood consumption in US adults and to explore the relation between seafood consumption
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Seafood consumption and blood mercury concentrations in adults aged ≥20 y, 2007-2010.
BACKGROUND Seafood is part of a healthy diet, but seafood can also contain methyl mercury-a neurotoxin. OBJECTIVE The objective was to describe seafood consumption in US adults and to explore the relation between seafood consumption and blood mercury. DESIGN Seafood consumption, obtained from a food-frequency questionnaire, and blood mercury data were available for 10,673 adults who partici...
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