Authors: Ann O'Hare, Jane M. Hightower, German T. Hernandez

Publication Year: 2006

Last Updated: 2021-07-14

Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives

Keywords: Mercury

Short Abstract: 

Due to the fact that Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans are a potentially high-risk group for dietary exposure to methyl mercury through fish consumption, researchers in this study used NHANES data from 1999–2002 to obtain population estimates of blood mercury levels among women of childbearing age classified as belonging to the “other” racial/ethnic group (Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial. Blood mercury levels in this group were compared with those among all other women participants, classified as Mexican American, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and “other” Hispanic.

Abstract:

Due to the fact that Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans are a potentially high-risk group for dietary exposure to methyl mercury through fish consumption, researchers in this study used NHANES data from 1999–2002 to obtain population estimates of blood mercury levels among women of childbearing age classified as belonging to the “other” racial/ethnic group (Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial. Blood mercury levels in this group were compared with those among all other women participants, classified as Mexican American, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and “other” Hispanic.

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367827/