Development of a single-meal fish consumption advisory for methyl mercury.
Ginsberg G, Toal B. Development of a single-meal fish consumption advisory for methyl mercury. Risk Analysis 2000, 20: 41-7. PMID: 10795337, DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsBody BurdenConnecticutEatingEnvironmental ExposureFemaleFetusFishesFood ContaminationHairHumansMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsModels, BiologicalNervous SystemPregnancyReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentUnited StatesUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyConceptsFish consumption advisoriesMaternal hair concentrationsConsumption advisoriesMethyl mercuryHair concentrationsU.S. Environmental Protection Agency reference doseEnvironmental Protection Agency reference doseFish MeHg concentrationsMercury hair concentrationFish tissue concentrationsMeHg body burdenAcute exposure to MeHgContamination of fishExposure to MeHgFish sampling programSingle-meal scenariosMeHg concentrationsRfD levelFish concentrationsBody burdenFish consumptionReference doseMeHgSampling programSeasonal differences