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The associations between blood mercury levels and shark meat intake among workers in Gyeongsangbuk-do

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, June 2017
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Title
The associations between blood mercury levels and shark meat intake among workers in Gyeongsangbuk-do
Published in
Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40557-017-0185-9
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Gun Il Park, Young Seok Byun, Man Joong Jeon, Joon Sakong

Abstract

Shark meat is used as sacrificial food in Gyeongsangbuk-do, and is a major source of dietary mercury. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of shark meat intake or the ritual of Jesa on blood mercury levels within workers living in Gyeongsangbuk-do. This study was conducted from September 2016 to October 2016 in two cities of Gyeongsangbuk-do. To compare the differences between urban and rural areas, two workplaces each in Daegu as the urban area and Yeongcheon as the rural area were selected. General characteristics and characteristics related to shark meat consumption of the workers were acquired by personal interviews during their health examination. Blood mercury concentrations were analyzed by the gold amalgamation method using a direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80; Milestone Inc., Shelton, CT, USA). The shark consumption group had a higher blood mercury concentration than the non-consumption group. The levels of blood mercury increased with the frequency, annual intake, as well as most recent date of shark meat consumption. Moreover, the levels of mercury in blood increased according to the annual frequency of participation in Jesa (times per year) and the annual frequency of shark meat consumption during Jesa (times per year). Shark meat intake and the ritual of Jesa contributed to an increase in the blood mercury levels of workers in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate dietary exposure, occupational as well as other factors that may influence blood mercury concentrations in workers during their health examination, particularly in regions with high mercury exposures.

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Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 23%
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Other 2 9%
Student > Master 2 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 7 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 32%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 9%
Unspecified 1 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 8 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 July 2017.
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#14,477,297
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#5
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