Jane M Hightower

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Mercury levels in high-end consumers of fish
    Jane M Hightower
    California Pacific Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 111:604-8. 2003
  2. ncbi Blood mercury reporting in NHANES: identifying Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial groups
    Jane M Hightower
    Department of Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 114:173-5. 2006
  3. ncbi Mercury concentrations in fish jerky snack food: marlin, ahi, and salmon
    Jane M Hightower
    Department of Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, 2100 Webster Street Suite 418, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
    Environ Health 10:90. 2011

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Mercury levels in high-end consumers of fish
    Jane M Hightower
    California Pacific Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 111:604-8. 2003
    ..The mean level for women in this survey was 10 times that of mercury levels found in a recent population survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some children were > 40 times the national mean...
  2. ncbi Blood mercury reporting in NHANES: identifying Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial groups
    Jane M Hightower
    Department of Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 114:173-5. 2006
    ..However, blood mercury levels in this group have not been identified in recent reports of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 1999-2002...
  3. ncbi Mercury concentrations in fish jerky snack food: marlin, ahi, and salmon
    Jane M Hightower
    Department of Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, 2100 Webster Street Suite 418, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
    Environ Health 10:90. 2011
    ..Unfortunately, contaminants such as methylmercury can accumulate in some species of fish. The purpose of this research is to test commercially available fish jerky snack foods for mercury contamination...