Total mercury and methylmercury levels in some New Zealand commercial marine fish species

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Love, J L ^a   Rush, G M ^b   McGrath, H ^c  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c AgriQuality   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037279217     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203021000019676     Document Type: Article

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