National estimation of seafood consumption in Mexico: Implications for exposure to methylmercury and polyunsaturated fatty acids

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 174; pp. 289 - 296
• Main Authors: Cantoral, Alejandra, Batis, Carolina, Basu, Niladri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; canned fish; carp; Child; Child, Preschool; Diet - statistics & numerical data; diet recall; dietary exposure; Eating; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - analysis; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - toxicity; Female; Fishes; food intake; guidelines; Humans; Infant; Male; Methylmercury; methylmercury compounds; Methylmercury Compounds - analysis; Methylmercury Compounds - toxicity; Mexico; mullet; nutrition surveys; omega-3 fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Public health; Risk assessment; salmon; sardines; Seafood; Seafood - analysis; seafoods; shrimp; socioeconomic status; Survey; toxicity; trout; United Nations; Young Adult; Mexico; Seafood; Survey; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Risk assessment; Public health; Methylmercury

Seafood is a good source of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3-PUFA) but also contains the toxic contaminant methylmercury (MeHg). National estimates of exposure to both compounds through seafood intake in Mexico are not known. The objective of the current study was to describe national seafood...