Hair mercury levels in relation to marine fish consumption among adults in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Tengku Ismail, Tengku Hanidza, Tengku Khalkausar, F., Yasutake, A., M. Zain, Sharifuddin, Juahir, Hafizan, Harun, Rosta
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Thai Society of Higher Eduction Institutes on Environment 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14957/1/Hair%20mercury%20levels%20in%20relation%20to%20marine%20fish%20consumption%20among%20adults%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14957/; http://www.tshe.org/ea/abstracts/2010_3-s_26.html

Consumption of carnivorous fish is one of the major sources of human exposure to methyl mercury (MeHg). This study presents the data on fish consumption habits and hair mercury levels taken from 201 adults aged between 17- 72 years from four districts in the Peninsular Malaysia. The means for tota...