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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1995-11-20
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Hair and mercury concentrations of 134 fish-eating subjects in the Lake Murray area and 13 non-fish-eating subjects in the upper-Strickland area, Papua New Guinea, were studied. Hair mercury levels among the subjects in the Lake Murray area (mean = 21.9 micrograms/g, range = 3.7-71.9 micrograms/g) and urinary mercury levels (mean = 7.6 micrograms/g creatinine, range = 1.4-25.6 micrograms/g creatinine) were markedly higher than levels found in subjects from the upper-Strickland area (mean hair mercury = 0.75 micrograms/g, mean urinary mercury = 0.48 micrograms/g creatinine). Mercury intake of the fish eaters, estimated from mercury concentrations found in fish and from the observed amounts of fish consumed, was approximately 73 micrograms/d. Hair and urinary mercury concentrations were correlated significantly (r = .59), indicating that urinary mercury excretion was elevated because fish consumption was very high.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0003-9896
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
50
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
367-73
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Diet Surveys,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Environmental Monitoring,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Fishes,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Food Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Food Contamination,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Hair,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Mercury,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Mercury Poisoning,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Papua New Guinea,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Population Surveillance,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Residence Characteristics,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Urine,
pubmed-meshheading:7574891-Water Pollution, Chemical
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
High hair and urinary mercury levels of fish eaters in the nonpolluted environment of Papua New Guinea.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Human Ecology, School of International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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