Effect of size upon metal content of lobster (Thenus orientalis) from the Kuwait Marine Environment

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Bu Olayan, A H ^a   Mohammed, H M A ^b   Subrahmanyam, M N V ^a   Thomas, B V ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KUWAIT; LOBSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; KUWAIT; MALE; MERCURY; NEPHROPIDAE; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031876648     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900745     Document Type: Article

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