Assessment of human health risks for arsenic bioaccumulation in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and large-scale mullet (Liza macrolepis) from blackfoot disease area in Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-272

  Liao, Chung Min ^a   Ling, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEALTH RISK;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CHELON MACROLEPIS; LIZA; MARTES; MELAMPODIUM; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0042367337     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-0107-4     Document Type: Article

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