Heavy metals in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the Bergen Harbor Area, Western Norway

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 589-596

  Andersen, V ^a   Maage, A ^b   Johannessen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SEA FOOD; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CADMIUM; COPPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; METALS; NORWAY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METALS;

NORWAY, BERGEN;

EID: 0029664093     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900231     Document Type: Article

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