Dr. Christopher J Schmitt M.D.
Family Practitioner
9505 S Steele St Tacoma WA, 98444About
Dr. Christopher Schmitt is a family practitioner practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Schmitt specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Schmitt possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1978
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of erythrocyte delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) activity in fish from waters affected by lead smelters.
- A longitudinal assessment of the aquatic macroinvertebrate community in the
- Concentrations of Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Selenium, and zinc in fish from the Mississippi River basin, 1995.
- Biochemical effects of lead, zinc, and cadmium from mining on fish in the Tri-States District of northeastern Oklahoma, USA.
- A screening-level assessment of lead, cadmium, and zinc in fish and crayfish from Northeastern Oklahoma, USA.
- Biomonitoring of lead, zinc, and cadmium in streams draining lead-mining and non-mining areas, southeast Missouri, USA.
- Environmental contaminants in fish and their associated risk to piscivorous wildlife in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska.
- Environmental contaminants in freshwater fish and their risk to piscivorous wildlife based on a national monitoring program.
- Ecological impacts of lead mining on Ozark streams: toxicity of sediment and pore water.
- Persistence of organochlorine chemical residues in fish from the Tombigbee River (Alabama, USA): Continuing risk to wildlife from a former DDT manufacturing facility.
- Relations between and among contaminant concentrations and biomarkers in black bass (Micropterus spp.) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from large U.S. rivers, 1995-2004.
- A macroinvertebrate assessment of Ozark streams located in lead-zinc mining areas of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri, USA.
- Widespread occurrence of intersex in black basses (Micropterus spp.) from U.S.
- Mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification in Ozark stream ecosystems.
- Effects of mining-derived metals on riffle-dwelling crayfish in southwestern
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