Research Article
Genetic Polymorphisms in Glutathione (GSH-) Related Genes Affect the Plasmatic Hg/Whole Blood Hg Partitioning and the Distribution between Inorganic and Methylmercury Levels in Plasma Collected from a Fish-Eating Population
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Correlations (Spearman’s; ) between age, gender, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, smoking, total Hg in blood (THgB) and total Hg, methylmercury, and inorganic Hg in plasma (THgP, MeHgP, and IHgP, resp.).
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Female was considered as reference. Fisk intake ranged from one to four portions per day. Statistically significant ; statistically significant . |