Evaluation of the contamination of marine algae (seaweed) from the St. Lawrence river and likely to be consumed by humans

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Phaneuf, Denise ^a   Côté, Isabelle ^a   Dumas, Pierre ^a   Ferron, Liliane A ^a   LeBlanc, Alain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Iodine; Metal; Organochlorine compounds; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

IODINE; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033064379     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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