Methylmercury in Human Hair: A Study of a Papua New Guinean Population Exposed to Methylmercury through Fish Consumption
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of environmental health
- Vol. 37 (5), 266-271
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1982.10667577
Abstract
The mean methylmercury concentration in hair of a Papua New Guinean population was 15.5 /μg/g (range = 3.2–50.5 /μg/g). Nearly all individuals consumed fish 2 to 3 times daily. In contrast, the mean methylmercury concentration in hair of a nearby control group who consumed a similar amount of fish was 6.4 μg/g (range = 0.62–25.7 pig/g). A control group that consumed fish much less frequently had a mean methylmercury concentration in hair of 2.4 ptg/g (range = 0.33–9.0 μg/g). No statistically significant variations in methylmercury concentrations in hair were found with sex or age within any of the three populations.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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