Intake of methyl mercury by the population of mumbai, india

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 205, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 267-270

  Pandit, G G ^a   Jha, S K ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal sediment; Fish samples; Methyl mercury; Reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEA FOOD; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030824149     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00201-5     Document Type: Article

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