Possible health risk assessment for heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and fish species and Turkmen pregnant women’s biomonitoring in Miankaleh Peninsula, Iran

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 25; pp. 37187 - 37203
• Main Authors: Shaabani, Zahra, Esmaili-sari, Abbas, Moradi, Ali Mashinchian, Taghavi, Lobat, Farsad, Forough
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; Blood; Chromium; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Fingernail; Fish; Fisheries; Hair; Health risks; Heavy metals; Indicator species; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Lead; Liver; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Metal concentrations; Metals; Muscles; Organs; Pregnancy; Research Article; Risk assessment; Sediments; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Iran; Human biomonitoring; Turkmen pregnant women; Miankaleh Peninsula; Risk assessment; Heavy metals

This study investigated the human biomonitoring of heavy metals in the water, sediments, and tissues of mostly consumed fish species using Turkmen pregnant women’s biomarkers in winter 2019, at the Miankaleh Peninsula, north of Iran. Metal concentrations were measured in various fish organs as well...