Biological indicators of exposure to heavy metals in fish consumers; technical assistance to the Government of American Samoa, department of health services Pago Pago, American Samoa; Draft for public comment; Public comment period expires

Publication Year:

1993

Publication Place

American Samoa

Physical Description:

82 pages; tables; figures

Call Number

VF 41232

Language

English

Record ID:

13766

Legacy PEIN ID:

53659

General Notes

Contents: ii. disclaimer, v. list of tables, viii. list of appendices, 1. abstract, 2. introduction, 2. objectives, 3. background, 3. presence of heavy metals in the environment, 3. pathways of exposure and confounders in man, 6. site characterization, 7. methods, 7. rationale for study design, 8. community involvement and notification, 8. selection of target area, 9. selection of comparison area, 9. sample size calculations, 10. data collection, 11. biologic specimens, 13. environmental sampling, 13. privacy, 13. data entry, 14. data analysis, 17. results, 18. participation and demographics, 19. analytes, 26. discussion, 31. conclusions, 33. recommenations, 35. authors and acknowledgements, 38. references, 43. tables, 82. appendices

Subject Heading(s)

To determine and compare the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and nickel in the urine and blood fo residents living near the inner Pago Pago Harbor area with the same analytes found in residents of a comparison population; to determine whether urine and blood analytes within each age group increased as fish comsumption increased

Environment - Protection - Samoa

Tag(s)

samoa

american samoa