Acute toxicity and bioaccumulation of arsenic in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from a blackfoot disease area in Taiwan

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-259

  Liao, Chung Min ^a   Chen, Bo Ching ^a   Singh, Sher ^a   Lin, Ming Chao ^b   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Han, Bor Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Blackfoot disease; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; LAKE WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GILL; HEALTH HAZARD; INTESTINE; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VISCERA;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TAIWAN;

MELAMPODIUM; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0042477858     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10122     Document Type: Article

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