Lead, nickel and vanadium in seafood: An exposure assessment for Kuwaiti consumers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 223, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Bu Olayan, A H ^a   Al Yakoob, Sami ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Lead; Nickel; Seafood; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NICKEL; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; VANADIUM;

EID: 0031770362     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00213-7     Document Type: Article

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