Mercury content in shrimp and fish species from the Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 576-583

  Al Saleh, I ^a   Al Doush, I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SHRIMP; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036555960     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280293     Document Type: Article

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