An overview of worldwide and regional time trends in total mercury levels in human blood and breast milk from 1966 to 2015 and their associations with health effects

Background: Mercury is a pollutant of global concern. To protect human health and environment from mercury pollution, the Minamata Convention on mercury entered into force in 2017. Objectives: To support a future effectiveness evaluation of the convention, this study assesses worldwide and regional...

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Main Authors: Brij Mohan Sharma, Ondřej Sáňka, Jiří Kalina, Martin Scheringer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018318816