Variable:Assessment:Nutritional benefits and risks of PCDD/F exposure of fish consumption in Finnish children and adults

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Scope

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Purpose

This assessment evaluates the effects of methyl mercury and omega-3 fatty acids on development of IQ in children. The source of exposure is Finnish fish consumption.

Boundaries

• Finnish fish consumption (population of Finland)
• Current situation

Scenarios

This study is a business-as-usual, i.e. a burden-of-disease assessment with only one decision scenario. D↷

Intended users

Experts, researchers and decision makers in the field of environmental health, anyone interested and concerned with beneficial and hazardous constituents in fish species in the markets and especially the net health consequences of fish consumption to infants.

Participants

Participation basically open. Some parts containing original data will be protected.

• Everyone interested
• Beneris researchers (full access to the protected parts)

Definition

Decision variables

• None

Indicators

• [[Variable:]]

Other variables

• Variable:Concentrations of nutrients and pollutants in fish

Indices

Fish species
Farmed_salmon(sea+inland) Wild_salmon(sea) Herring_(sea) White_fish(sea) Sprat(sea) Perch(sea) Flounder(sea) Pike-perch(sea) Bream(sea) Pike(sea) Vendace(sea) Burbot(sea) Wild_salmon(inland) White_fish(inland) Perch(inland) Pike-perch(inland) Bream(inland) Pike(inland) Vendace(inland) Burbot(inland)