Assessment of potential health risks associated with ingesting heavy metals in fish collected from a hazardous-waste contaminated wetland in Louisiana, USA

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 191-203

  Tchounwou, P B ^a,c   Abdelghani, A A ^b   Pramar, Y V ^a   Heyer, L R ^b   Steward, C M ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse health effects; Contaminated fish; Human exposure; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030430976     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.1996.11.4.191     Document Type: Article

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