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Title: | Mercury exposure assessment in fish and humans from Sundarban wetland of India |
Authors: | Chatterjee, M Basu, N Sarkar, S |
Keywords: | exposure assessment;methyl mercury;fish consumption;biomarkers;Sundarban |
Issue Date: | Jun-2014 |
Publisher: | National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, CSIR |
Citation: | Chatterjee, M., Basu, N., and Sarkar, S. K. (2014). Mercury exposure assessment in fish and humans from Sundarban wetland of India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 43 (6). pp. 1095 - 1101. |
Abstract: | Present study had documented total mercury levels in six commonly consumed fish species, and performed a cross-sectional study on local residents to gauge their intake of fish (via dietary survey) and mercury exposure (via hair biomarker analyses). Mean total mercury content in edible composites of locally-caught fishes (topse, hilsa, mackerel, topse, sardinella, khoira) was low and ranged from 0.01 to 0.11 μg g-1 mercury, dry weight. In a cross-sectional study of 58 area residents, the mercury content in hair ranged from 0.25 to 1.23 μg g-1, with a mean of 0.65 ± 0.23 μg g-1. Hair mercury level was not influenced by gender, age, or occupation. Mean number of meals consumed per week was 3.1 ± 1.1, and all participants consumed at least one fish meal per week. When related to fish consumption, a significant positive association was found between number of fish meals consumed per week and hair mercury levels. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/21612 |
ISSN: | 0379-5136 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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